Nacharar (Armenian նախարար; partisan naxvadār, "holder of birthright") - the highest hereditary title of the ancient and medieval Armenian nobility. It allowed the management and sharing of the received land.
The ruler of Armenia divided his country between the main aristocratic families. The heads of the family became nacharar, and more specifically the servicemen - princes (sometimes used as nahapet "family leader" and tanuter "home master"). They then split up among their relatives, creating another nook.
This system is sometimes referred to as feudal, but there are differences between this system and the later one in Western Europe. Earthly property was actually ruled by one person, but was not recognized as the property of a widely understood family. So, in the case of childlessness, the property did not go into the ownership of someone from another branch of the family. In addition, a piece of property could not be allocated to a non-family member without the consent of all its members. This led to the endogemics of aristocratic families, in order to preserve property within a single family. It is worth mentioning that pre-Christian beliefs and culture favored marriage within the family.
Each vessel was obliged to maintain and equip a specific number and type of armed units (both depending on its category). During the war I was collecting troops from all the subordinate lands and became a sparapet - military commander. Training institutions and the judiciary were run by the clergy, without the aristocracy.
In the fourth century in Armenia, as well as in the Party, special functions were given between the main nacharar. For example, the Mammon was a sparapet of Armenia. Successively, this system was weakened and the remnants were completely abolished by the Bolsheviks. Bibliography
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