Sultanbey is a village in the Sharur-Daralayaz uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Pashali (Azizbeyov, Vayk) district, and currently in the Vayots Dzor province. The provincial centre lies 41 km to the southeast of the town of Keshishkend (Yeghegnadzor), at a height of 1,950 m above sea level.

The village was originally inhabited by Azerbaijanis, and according to the Treaty of Turkmenchay (1828), after the settlement of Armenians in the region, the population gradually left the village. In 1829 the Armenians from Iranian province of Salmas were settled there.

The village was named “Sultanbey”, as it was built by a bey whose name was Sultan. A toponym is an anthropotoponym coined on the basis of a personal name.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR dated 3 January 1935, it was renamed “Bartsiruni”. According to the law “On the administrative-territorial division of the Republic of Armenia” dated 7 November 1995, it was integrated into the administrative area of the Vayots Dzor province.

Geographic coordinates: latitude 39°31’ N., longitude 45°28’ E.