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and.religion. Grigor Aknero'i too does not know about
Jalal, unless, with Dr. Blake , we take the following
passage to be a reference to him:"Now when this strange
people [the Mongols] learned that it was the will of God
[for them] to rule over us on the earth, they mustered
troops and went against the Persians. And"they took from
them a small city. Then the Persians grew strong and
took back their own and some of theirs [the Mongols' land].
Thereafter they sent out a call to wherever the Nation of
the Archers—their own people—dwelled. Once more they
attacked Persia, conquered them and seized their city and
all their goods", GA pp. 290,292.
Bj far the -most extensive account of the exploits of
Jalal al-Din is found in the KG. Leaving aside those .
portions not relevant to the Caucasus, we encounter Jalal
and some 140,000 followers near Dwin in Armenia: "[Then]
they reached the Mxargrceli country, for Dwin belonged to
atabek Iwane, while Ani had been given to his brother's
son SahnSah, the mandat'urt *-uxuc es. The Khwarazmlans
came in the third year of Lafia-Georgi's deaTC, to englave
and wreck Dwin and the surrounding countries". Iwane
and Vahram of Gag informed Busudan about the arrival of
the foreigners, and an army was sent,,
There was some enmity betweeg Iwane and the two Axalc'xec'i
brothers, Salva and Iwane. During the first encounter
with Jalal, atabek Iwane injured his foot [the author
attributes this to the enmijy]. This encounter took place
near Garni.Thereafter Iwane refused to participate in
further combats. Apparently under his control were parts,
of the royal army which he also forbade to fight. However,
theJF'orelia and the two brothers did do battle with
Jalal. Salva is captured and the Georgians flee. His
brother Iwane died while hiding in the mountains of Garni.
Salva was killed after a year, for not flpostasizing. __ _
Atabek Iwane returned to Bjni while Jalal went to Azarbaijan
ana {jaxijewan whence he raided Georgia. Two years later
Iwane died and.his son Awag was made amirspasalar.
"CJalal al-Din] went and destroyed the wholfe country of
Dwin, the k'ust of Dwin, all of Ani, Somxit i, Gag as far
as Ganja, SamF'or. To that time, Samk'or and the neighboring
countries belonged to Vahram of Gag...".
Sultan Jalal al-Din learned that the atabek and spasalar
Awag was at Bjni and he urged Awag to get queen Buaudan to
consent to be his wife. Awag relayed the proposal to
Busudan, who refused it. The jilted sultan headed for
Tiflis, destroying Somxit'i enroute (KG pp. 169-73; Mur.
PP. 59-63).
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