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{{Short description|17th-century Armenian historian}}
[[File:Arakel Davrizhetsi.jpg|thumb|Arakel Davrizhetsi. History of Armenia – Аmsterdam: Voskan Yerevanci Press, 1669.]]

'''Arakel of Tabriz''' or '''Arakel Davrizhetsi''' ({{Lang-hy|Առաքել Դաւրիժեցի}};{{Efn|[[Armenian orthography reform|Reformed orthography]]: Առաքել Դավրիժեցի}} 1590s&ndash;1670) was a 17th-century Armenian [[historian]] and clergyman from [[Tabriz]].{{sfn|Sanjian|1986}} His ''History'' is an important and reliable source for the histories of the [[Safavid Iran|Safavid]] and [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] empires, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia for the period 1602–1662.{{sfn|Sanjian|1986}}

== Background ==
Arakel was born in Tabriz (called ''Davrezh'' in the Armenian of the time) in the 1590s.{{sfn|Sanjian|1986}} He received his theological training at the seminary at [[Vagharshapat|Etchmiadzin]], the seat of the [[Armenian Apostolic Church]], where he was ordained a ''[[vardapet]]'' (celibate priest/[[archimandrite]]).{{Sfn|Aṛakʻel of Tabriz|2010|pages=4–5}} In 1636, he was appointed abbot of the monastery of [[Hovhannavank|Hovhannavank Monastery]], a position he held for one year before returning to Etchmiadzin․{{Sfn|Aṛakʻel of Tabriz|2010|p=5}} He was later sent on various mission to [[Isfahan]], [[Amasya]], [[Sivas]], [[Urfa]], [[Aleppo]], [[Jerusalem]], and [[Athens]] as a nuncio of [[Catholicos of All Armenians|Catholicos]] [[Pilippos Aghbaketsi|Pilippos]].{{sfn|Sanjian|1986}}{{Sfn|Aṛakʻel of Tabriz|2010|p=5}} 

In 1662, he completed his ''History'', also known as the ''Book of Histories'' (''Girk’ Patmut’eants’''), a unique work on the history of Armenia and adjacent countries and peoples in the seventeenth century. He witnessed many events and described them in the book. Notably, his work contains an account of the mass deportation of Armenians under the Safavid shah [[Abbas the Great|Abbas]]. Arakel Davrizhetsi was the first Armenian historian whose work was printed. In 1669, Arakel's ''Book of Histories'' was published in [[Amsterdam]]. Arakel died in 1670 at Etchmiadzin and was buried, as he desired, in the cemetery of the brotherhood at the monastery of Etchmiadzin.{{Sfn|Aṛakʻel of Tabriz|2010|p=5}}

== References ==

=== Notes ===
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=== Citations ===
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==Sources==
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* {{Encyclopædia Iranica Online|year=1986|fascicle=3|pages=249–250|first=A. K.|last=Sanjian|url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/arakel-of-tabriz-armenian-historian|title=AṘAKʿEL OF TABRĪZ}}
* {{Cite book |last=Aṛakʻel of Tabriz |url=https://archive.org/details/arakel-of-tabriz-2010-bournoutian |title=Book of History |publisher=Mazda Publishers |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-56859-172-8 |location=Costa Mesa, California |translator-last=Bournoutian |translator-first=George A. |translator-link=George Bournoutian}}
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