Gardman

[1] It roughly corresponded within the Gazakh, Shamkir, Aghstafa, Dashkasan, Goygol, Tovuz, Gadabay districts of modern-day Azerbaijan and the original Tavush Region of Armenia.

[2] Many contemporary Armenian authors referred to Gardman as a part of the ashkharh ('province, land') of Artsakh.

[5] In the seventh century, the local house of Gardman was replaced by the Mihranid family (of Persian or Parthian origin),[6] which later became the ruling dynasty in the region of Arran.

Contemporary Armenian historians repeatedly noted the presence of two well known locations in Gardman: a fortress called Getabakk' (in the current-day Azerbaijani region of Gadabay) and a copper mine.

[5] The territorial rights of the meliks were confirmed after the Russian Empire took control of the region in the early nineteenth century.