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Sayat-Nova, painting by Alexander Sadoyan.
Sayat-Nova, painting by Alexander Sadoyan.

Sayat-Nova

Armenian troubadour
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Aruthin Sayadian
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1712, Tiflis, Georgia
Died:
1795, Tiflis (aged 83)
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Aruthin Sayadian
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Sayat-Nova (born 1712, Tiflis, Georgia—died 1795, Tiflis) was an Armenian troubadour known for his love songs.

Sayat-Nova worked first as a weaver and later (1750–65) became the court minstrel of Irakli II of Georgia. In 1770 he entered a monastery in Haghbat, and he was martyred by the Persian invaders of Georgia. Most of his extant songs are in Azeri Turkish; the rest are in Armenian and Georgian.

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