Է. դարի հայոց իշխանութեան ինքնիշխանացումը
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2013
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The author argues that the 7'" century should be considered as the age of restoration of Armenian self-rule. He discusses how in 631 the princely gathering of Byzantine Hayk leaders established the institution of the "prince of Armenians", and later on made Byzantium legitimize it. In 640, grasping the political opportunity in Asia Minor when the Arabs brought to an end Sassanid Persian rule and occupied all the Eastern provinces of Byzantium, Armenian princes reunited the two sections of Mets Hayk and via the peace treaty signed in Damascus in August 652; they established self-rule in the Armenian area.
The author argues that after 652 the Armenians conducted separate foreign relations, implementing their right of self-rule on the international arena. The author notes that the presence of local cavalry and the absence of the forces of both the Arab Caliphate and the Byzantine Empire within the Armenian political entity are evidence of the fact that the Armenian leaders were able to implement self-rule within their territory. Nonetheless, due to regional shifts they had to recognize the suzerain superior rights of the caliph or the emperor. The latter two, on the other hand, guaranteed the foreign security and the territorial integrity of the Armenian political entity. The author explains that recognizing the suzerain rights of the caliph or the emperor meant the payment of yearly taxes to either one of these sovereigns, which reflects the limitations Armenian self-rule had in that period.
Nevertheless, in September 681 these limitations were revised; the Armenians unilaterally stopped paying taxes and proclaimed themselves a full-fledged, self-ruling political entity.
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Շահինեան, Ա., «Է. դարի հայոց իշխանութեան ինքնիշխանացումը», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2013, Պէյրութ, էջ 165-180