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the latter*a horse (acer zf llln) such that Ivane lost him.
However, Vahram, lortTof the land, who was uninformed of
the others' flight, went [pursuing the Mongols] as far
as Gardman, displaying great bravery in the face of severe
destruction" , VA p. 142; 3. Grigor Aknero'i: AJcnerc'i's
information on the initial penetration is found in chapter
3 of his History and immediately follows his hazy reference
to Jalal al-Sln: "Together with all of this, they once
more took a command from their khan, who was called j ankss
khan. And they attacked the land of the Albanians and
Georgians.
"
When the king of the Georgians heard about the coming
of the Tat '
ars be went against them with 60,000 cavalry
to the great plain called Kotman, located before Terunakan
fortress. When the battle was Joined, through the influence
of satan, the enemy of truth, Hamidawla, the lord of
Manasa stable, because of some grudge, hamstrung the horse
of At '
abak Iwvane. ?or at that time Laia, king of Georgia,
had died, leaving a eon named Dawit' and a daughter
Rusudan (U uzuk'an). Dawit' had fallen into the hands of
the sultan of Sum and was in prison. His sistoj Rusudan
held the kingdom under the supervision of Iwvane, called
the At'abak.
"
Now as was said above, when.the news of the coming of
the Tat'ars was learned, Iwvane took the oavalry of the
Georgian kingdom and came to GagA to the great and wise
prince Varham, son of Plu Zak '
are. Taking him with his
own army he went against the Tat '
ars. The mighty gnd
great prince Varham took the right wing and Iwvane the
left. But when they attacked each other the accursed
Hamidawla worked this crime which was described.
"
When the Nation of the Archers saw such dissension amongst
them, they grew stronger and attacked the Georgian cavalry,
mercilessly killing them.
"
However the great prince Varham, lord of Gag, who had
taken Ccommand] of the .[army's] right wing went on until
evening, mercilessly attacking and killing the Tat '
ars
until the plain of Sagam was generally filled with slain
Tat'ars. When Varham, prince of Gag heard of the destruction
of the forces of the kingdom, sorrowing greatly, he left
off warring and returned to his secure fortress called
K '
arherj. This took place in the year 663 of the Armenian
Era (-1215)", GA, pp. 292,294? Step'annos Orbelean:
After describing the 7 ygars of famine and clamities
occasioned by Jalal al-Sin, Step '
annos wrote: "Now after
11 years, the Lord raised up out of the East the Nation
of the Archers or Mulals, also vulgarly known as T at ars,
from the land of Sin and Ma?in, from beyond Xat'astan...
Now the third division [of the Mongol army] passed straight
through the land [of Persia], crossing the great 7ahan
river which they themselves call the Amu Mawra. And moving
about like a storm, they reached our land, general ly subjecting
every place...The first to come to [this] land
were Jawraan, falatay, Asian, Asawur and Laia khan.
They took the land in 1237 (685 A.l.)", SO pp. 146-48. In
other words, as far as Step annos cares to relate, the
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