A family name and a province in pre-Christian Armenia

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Re: A family name and a province in pre-Christian Armenia

http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.ph...rtakert_Region

i googled for shahbaz... ......this is what i found out about shahbaz::From the link ------:: The inscription on a stone, which once has served as the squared-beam for the portal, informs that the chapel was built in 1187, under the guardianship of Khachen’s princes. Next to the chapel there are two ancient cemeteries, church Anapat, numerous khachkars. A little away stretch villages, ruins of cult constructions and mills. The following villages are known:Machegh, Pmenshen, Tkhakhor, Shahbaz, Khorastan.

So there was a village of that name after all. I'm glad something has turned up. I'll look into it. As for the rubab, i'll add it to all my useless info about the name. Oh, and the bird and the god.