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- Prince Aray
- Prince Anushavan
- Prince Parat
- Prince Arbag
- Prince Zavan
- Prince Parnas
- Prince Sur
- Prince Havang
- Prince Vashtagh
- Prince Ambakh
- Prince Arnakh
- Prince Shavarsh
- Prince Horay
- Prince Vastamkar
- Prince Harakh
- Prince Hiran
- Prince Anjakh
- Prince Dalagh
- Prince Horai II
- Prince Zarmehr
- Prince Borj
- Prince Arbun
- Prince Bazak
- Prince Khoy
- Prince Yusak
- Prince Khaynakh
- Prince Skaiordu
- Prince Parui
- Prince Pharnavaz
- Prince Pajuj
- Prince Kornak
- Prince Pavus
- Prince Eruand
- Prince Tigran
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- ↑ Ulubabyan 1994, p. 16.
- ↑ Moses Khorenats'i (1978). History of the Armenians. Translated by Thomson, Robert W. Cambridge, Massachusetts & London: Harvard University Press. pp. 139–140.
- ↑ History of Albania (In Azeri)