Мelik was a hereditary Armenian noble title used in Eastern Armenia from the Late Middle Ages until the nineteenth century. Wikipedia

Hereditary Armenian noble title, in various Eastern Armenian principalities known as melikdoms encompassing modern Yerevan, Kars, Nakhichevan, Sevan, Lori, Artsakh, Northwestern Persia and Syunik starting from the Late Middle Ages until the end of the nineteenth century. Wikipedia Disambiguation