 In 1779 he wrote "Kerakanutiun Haykazian Lezvi" ("Քերականութիւն Հայկազեան լեզուի", Grammar of the Armenian Language).By 1784 he had finished his "Patmutiwn Hayots i Skzbane Ashkharhi Minchev tsam diarn" ("Պատմութիւն Հայոց"; "Armenian history from the beginning of the world to the year 1784").The work marks the beginning of Romantic Armenian nationalism.