Vartan Mamikonian was Chinese ??

[MrLeftyHye]

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I was reading about Saint Vartan Mamikonian and it mentioned that the Mamikonian family were actually descendants of Chinese emperors of the Han Dynasty.

Is that true?

Vartan Mamikonian's family was Chinese? I am shocked and confused.

Eventhough this thread is old I am just as amazaed & shocked as imhye... I doubt that Vartan Mamikonian was Chinese.

[TomServo]

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Va Tan Ma Mi Kon Yan.

[MrLeftyHye]

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Va Tan Ma Mi Kon Yan.

Hajima!

[Jinx]

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I like chop-sticks

[MrLeftyHye]

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Chop - Sticks are very hard to eat with.

[Jinx]

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Not for me. It's cause I'm chinese like Vartan.

[MrLeftyHye]

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Stop that LOL.
In the words you would understand...HAJIMA.

[Vagharshapat]

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I have searched a while and I encountered something interesting. This source was suggesting that there was a misinterpretion about Mamikonians being Chinese. Infact they were Tzanics. Tzans were one of Pontos tribes. They were living in the region of Tayk. These Tzans were also referred as Chans. These Chans were confused with Chinese by some historians because of the similarity of the names. The Mamikonians could be members of Tzans.

It is supposed that Mamikonians came to Armenia in the 3rd century but this can't be true. Because one of the first members of the Mamikonian house; Mancaeus had fought against the Romans to defend Tigranakerta in 69BC.
Mamik and Konak were said to be sons of Chenbakur. Infact it was not a name but a title. 'Chen' must be Chan(Tzan). And according to Moses Khorenatsi, 'Bakur' was 'Bag-Puhr' meaning 'son of heavens' in Iranian language family. Tzanica kings had this title.

Mamik and Konak were exiled to Dersim region by the Parths. Today the people of Dersim also call the region Mamekiye(Mamakan). Even tough today's Kurds consider Dersimis Kurdish, Dersimis don't consider themselves Kurdish. They consider themselves Kirmanchi. And they are not muslims, they are called Kizilbash. Kizilbash belief is based on Zoroastrianism.

In the time of the genocide when the Kurds were murdering the Armenians, the Dersimis helped the Armenians and protected them. Like 30,000 Armenians took refuge in Dersim region. Today there are lots of crypto-Armenians in Dersim. Maybe these are all related, I don't know if it is true but I found it interesting...

[Sip]

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Very interesting stuff Vagharshapat.

[ARK]

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Thanks Vagharshapat. It was so interesting.