Ethnonym Čiłb in Armenian Historiography

This paper presents the occurrences of the ethnonym Čiłb in Armenian historiography. The Armenian medieval sources give sufficient information for the localization of the ethnic group known under this name – the southern parts of the Caucasian mountains near the city of Shemakhi in nowadays Republic of Azerbaijan. The Armenian authors witness the Chilbs as a mountainous, semi-nomadic and warlike people. The origin of the ethnonym Čiłb is not clear but its possible connection with the toponym Shirvan must not be fully discarded.