Zakarids–Mkhargrdzeli
The Zakarids–Mkhargrdzeli (Armenian: Զաքարյաններ–Երկայնաբազուկ; Georgian: ზაქარიდები–მხარგრძელი), also Zakarids or Zakarians (Armenian: Զաքարյաններ, romanized: Zak'aryanner), also known by their Georgian name as Mkhargrdzeli (მხარგრძელი), were a noble Armenian–Georgian dynasty. Their name in Georgian, Mkhargrdzeli, or in Armenian: Երկայնաբազուկ, (Yerkaynbazuk) meant long-armed. A family legend says that this name was a reference to their Achaemenid ancestor Artaxerxes II the "Longarmed" (404–358 BC). According to Cyril Toumanoff / Encyclopædia Iranica, they were an offshoot of the Armenian Pahlavuni family. The Zakarians considered themselves Armenians.
| Zakarids–Mkhargrdzeli Զաքարյաններ მხარგრძელი | |
|---|---|
| Nobility | |
Zakaryan's coat of arms with the iconography of a lion and a bull. | |
| Parent house | Pahlavuni |
| Country | Zakarid Armenia |
| Founder | Khosrov |
| Cadet branches | Tmogveli Gageli Argutinsky-Dolgorukov |
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