The Turco-Mongol Invasions and the Lords of Armenia in the 13 ...

had lasted seven years. Not only did he bring mass
destruction of human life and property, but also
famine and pestilence, since, as Step'annos Orbelean
noted, Jalal al-Din and his unruly troops frequently
out down fruit trees and vineyards and burned the crops .
[Jalal*s] own people whose relation had been killd
summarily was disgruntled on this account and also because
of the uncomfortable movings about of [the army] which
he had caused. And so vengeance was exacted for the blood
of the innocent that had been spilled" (VA pp. 143-44).
The KC: "Hearing this [news of the capture of Ganjak
by the Mongols.], the sultan hurriedly arose with his family
and fled to Hum. Meanwhile the Tatars %ere pursuing him
and reached Basen. As soon as Cthe Khwarazmian army] saw
the coming of [the Mongols], they scattered. The sultan
even was left alone. He reached some insignificant village
and fell asleep under the trees. By chance, someone saw
him and killed him. The sultan's belt, saddle and quiver
were adorned with great gems for which tfcat lofty and
renowned ruler was slain....When the Khwarazmiana dispersed,
many fled to Garmian while sultan Jalal al-Din was killed.
With this, the great kingdom essentially was ended" (EC
p. 185» Mur. pp. 71-72). Abu'1-Pida (Nalb. pp. 233-34)
claims that the murderers were Kurdish brigands.
SO p. 146; Ibn Bibi describes the problems caused by
the lingering Khwarazmian troops to the settled Saljuq
rulers (pp. 175^84). He mentions an invasion by the sultan
of Egypt in 1232 which was aided by the malik of Zarberd
(pp. 184-90). (The leaderless, dispersed Khwarazmians
served as mercenaries in the armies of dif?eren$ rulers
(pp. 220-22). According to BH, some 10,000 Khwarazmians
were settled by 'Ala'al-Din, but he does not say where
(BH p. 397).
BH speaks of the Mongols invading the Zarberd area
of southern Armenia around 1230. These were most lively
detachments returning from the pursuit of Jalal al-Din:
"Then a legion of the Tatars invaded the country of the
fortress of Zaid [larberd] and it came on as far as the
Euphrates, which is in Melitene, and it crossed the plain
of Hanazit. And because the whole population through their
terror had fled to the places and towns which were disaffected
and the fortresses, there was not much destruction. And
those Tatars went back and ruled over Adhorbijan and
Shaharzur, and they subjugated the Iberians also" (BH
PP. 396-97). Ibn flibi (pp. 175-78) speaks of Mongols
raiding as far as Sebastia/Sivas in 1230.
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