# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kirakos-gandzaketsi
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:41:19.400Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kirakos-gandzaketsi"
name: "Kirakos Gandzaketsi"
slug: "kirakos-gandzaketsi"
description: "Kirakos Gandzaketsi was an Armenian historian of the 13th century and author of the History of Armenia, a summary of events from the 4th to the 12th century and a detailed description of the events of his own days. The work concentrates primarily on the history of Medieval Armenia and events occurring in the Caucasus and Near East. The work serves as a primary source for the study of the Mongol invasions and even contains the first recorded word list of the Mongolian language. The work has been translated into several languages including Latin, French and Russian."
tagline: "Armenian historian (13th century)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Kirakos_Gandzaketsi.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1200"
deathDate: "1271"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump