Storia do Mogor 351.1

351.1

Ibid., Vol. II., 264-267. The Roman Armenians came from Armenia to Isphahan with the great migration of 1605. From the beginning they were always hostile to the Gregorian Armenians. In 1064 A.H., 2 Rabr I. (January 21, a.d. 1654) the Gregorians obtained a decree from Shãh 'Abbas (1642-1667) prohibiting churches of the Franks from being built in Julpha. Nevertheless, the Latin Armenians succeeded in obtaining permission to found seven churches, either through the intervention of the French Consul or by their own interest. These churches were : (1) St. Avetikh, founded by the influential Roman Armenian family of the Shahrimaneans ; (2) St. Elias, commonly called the Carmelite Church ; (3) St. Joseph, called the Jesuit Church, because it was founded by that Order; (4) the Dominican Convent; (5) the Augustinian Convent, in Husainlyah ; (6) the Carmelite Convent in Godmir ; and (7) the Capuchin Convent, in Ghalatabaruk (Kal'ah Tabarik). The last-named three churches were within the city of Isphahan, each in a specially assigned quarter, whilst the first four were founded in Julpha. Of four of these churches not a trace now (1871) remains. Of two others the ruins are still visible—namely, those of the Jesuit Church and of St. Avetikh of the Shahrimaneans. The Dominican Convent alone is still intact, in the Khõchêr quarter.