Angeghtun
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Angeghtun (Template:Langx) or Ingilene (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) was a district of the ancient Kingdom of Armenia centered on the city and fortress of Anggh (Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang".), which gave its name to the district.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Anggh is often identified with the modern city of Eğil in Turkey, and may have also been the site of Carcathiocerta, capital of the Kingdom of Sophene, and the settlement Ingalawa mentioned in Hittite records.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Angeghtun bordered Andzit (Anzitene), possibly at the Taurus Mountains, to its west and Great Tsopk (Sophanene) to its east, possibly at the Western Tigris.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
While the district of Angeghtun was likely ruled by a branch of the Orontid dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Sophene, Armenian sources describe the fortress of Anggh as a royal fortress of the kings of Armenia where the royal treasures were kept.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Grand Chamberlain of Armenia (Script error: No such module "lang". or Script error: No such module "lang".) was in charge of administering the fortress and the wealth within it.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". According to Cyril Toumanoff, Anggh was likely the central fortress of one of the four Script error: No such module "lang".s of the Kingdom of Armenia, who were high-ranking nobles in charge of defending the kingdom's border regions.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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