Hoktember is a town in the Armavir province

Armavir (province)

Armavir is a province of Armenia with the capital in Armavir. It is in the west of the country, located in the Ararat valley, between Mount Ararat and Mount Aragats, and shares a 45-mile border with Turkey to the south and west...

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Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

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By the city is the site of the important Persian fortress of Sardari Berd

Sardari Berd

Sardari Berd sits on the right before the cemetery in the village of Hoktember in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It is actually historically associated with the city of Armavir which was then known prior to 1932 as Sardarabad or Sardarapat.- History :...

. This was built around 1810 with British technical assistance by Sardar Hosein Qoli Khan

Sardari Iravani

Sardār-e Īravānī was the title of Hossein Khan Sardar Qajar and his brother Hasan Khan Qajar, the last and best governor of Eravan 1807-28, the son of Mohammad Khan Qajar uncle of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar the founder of Qajar Dynasty in Persia and also the ancestor of family Sardari Iravani, an...

 Qajar, (Sardari Iravani

Sardari Iravani

Sardār-e Īravānī was the title of Hossein Khan Sardar Qajar and his brother Hasan Khan Qajar, the last and best governor of Eravan 1807-28, the son of Mohammad Khan Qajar uncle of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar the founder of Qajar Dynasty in Persia and also the ancestor of family Sardari Iravani, an...

) last and best of the Persian

Persian people

The Persian people are part of the Iranian peoples who speak the modern Persian language and closely akin Iranian dialects and languages. The origin of the ethnic Iranian/Persian peoples are traced to the Ancient Iranian peoples, who were part of the ancient Indo-Iranians and themselves part of...

 Qajar governors of the Erivan Khanate

Erivan Khanate

The Khanate of Erivan , was an administrative territory that was established Safavid Persia in the early 17th century. It covered an area of roughly 7,500 square miles, and corresponded to most of present-day central Armenia, most of the Iğdır Province of present-day Turkey, and the Sharur and...

, using stones taken from the ruins of ancient Armavir

Armavir, Armenia

Armavir is a city located in western Armenia. The 1989 census reported that the city had a total population of 46,900, but this has declined considerably: the 2001 census counted 32,034; estimate for 2008 is 26,387. It is the capital of the Armavir province . The city of Armavir in Russia, founded...

, some still bearing traces of cuneiform

Cuneiform

Cuneiform can refer to:*Cuneiform script, an ancient writing system originating in Mesopotamia in the 4th millennium BC*Cuneiform , three bones in the human foot*Cuneiform Records, a music record label...

 inscriptions. Used as administrative center for the Sardarapat district and summer residence of the Khan of Erevan, the fortress was taken by the Russians under General Paskevich in 1828, despite stout defense by Hasan Khan Sardari Iravani, Hosein's brother. Almost no trace of the fortress is left, this remnant of foreign rule having been dismantled to build Soviet Armenia.

A major feature of the city is the Sardarapat Monument

Sardarapat Memorial

Sardarapat Memorial is a memorial complex to the Battle of Sardarapat located in the village of Araks, in the Armavir Province of Armenia, 11 kilometers southwest of Armavir town...

 commemorating the Battle of Sardarapat

Battle of Sardarapat

The Battle of Sardarabad or Battle of Sardarapat was a battle of the Caucasus Campaign of World War I that took place near Sardarabad , Armenia from May 21-29, 1918...

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Since 1967, the town has included the formerly independent town of Norapat

Norapat

Norapat is a former town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town is now part of Armavir.- References :*...

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