THE DECREE OF YEREVAN KHAN ON THE RIGHTS OF THE MOTHER SEE OF HOLY ETCHMIADZIN ISSUED IN 1760. (Armenian)

Khusayn 'Alī Khān of Erevan issued a decree on the rights of Holy Etchmiadzin in 1760. The decree is attached to the petition of Catholicos Hakob Shamakhetsi where the rights of not only the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin but also the Armenian Apostolic Church and its subjects in general are summarized in 13 clauses. It included the following rights: the right to receive the taxes of the estates and other property of Holy Etchmiadzin, which were protected from any encroachment and had partial tax exemption, the right of free performing divine service, tax-free passage of boundaries by church servants with the purpose of collecting church tributes and donation, etc. The document asserts the special social-economical and juridical position of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and Armenians under Persian rule, at the moment in Erevan khanate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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