Syunik

Syunik was an Armenian mountain principality centred on Kapan. In 1337 Burtel Orbelian ruled the hereditary domain.

In 1385 Timur invaded, taking Prince Smbat Orbelian captive to Samarkand and forcing him to convert to Islam. The family's last holdings were sold to Tatev monastery in 1437, though Orbelian meliks survived under later rulers. Russia acquired the region through the treaties of Gulistan in 1813 and Turkmenchay in 1828.