Guys, I think I missed out on adding text to the post. This is from an Armenian Church in Chennai, India.
vak7997 on
Born 1723 died 1790smth don’t have a pen and paper around to write everything down then type it basically name of the person date of birth and death pretty meticulous and artistically written so definitely was a rich guy
Kajaznuni96 on
This appears to be the grave of one of the most important Armenians in our modern history, Shahamir Shahamirian (yes, the guy who already in 1773 published the first constitution for a future independent Armenian state).
He was a writer, philosopher and wealthy philanthropist, son of a merchant, and the wealthiest Armenian in Madras. He was big on the Enlightenment and a founder of the famous Madras group. His alias is used here, as Shamir Sultanumian.
The tombstone humbly reads:
>Here lies the body of Shamir Sultanumian the noble, of the Armenian nation, who was born in New Julfa on November 4th, 1723 and died here in Madras on Saturday, June 13th, 1797 at the age of 74.
A very unique find and worthy sacred site for Armenians. The decorated relief at the top is most interesting, especially the scale of justice
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Guys, I think I missed out on adding text to the post. This is from an Armenian Church in Chennai, India.
Born 1723 died 1790smth don’t have a pen and paper around to write everything down then type it basically name of the person date of birth and death pretty meticulous and artistically written so definitely was a rich guy
This appears to be the grave of one of the most important Armenians in our modern history, Shahamir Shahamirian (yes, the guy who already in 1773 published the first constitution for a future independent Armenian state).
He was a writer, philosopher and wealthy philanthropist, son of a merchant, and the wealthiest Armenian in Madras. He was big on the Enlightenment and a founder of the famous Madras group. His alias is used here, as Shamir Sultanumian.
The tombstone humbly reads:
>Here lies the body of Shamir Sultanumian the noble, of the Armenian nation, who was born in New Julfa on November 4th, 1723 and died here in Madras on Saturday, June 13th, 1797 at the age of 74.
A very unique find and worthy sacred site for Armenians. The decorated relief at the top is most interesting, especially the scale of justice