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

follows the agreement of the prinoea to pay the mal and
tagar taxes and to contribute soldiers to the army: "The
Tat'ars, agreeing to this, left off killing and destroying
the land. They then returned to their place, the Mughan.
country. However, they left a chief named lara Bula to
demolish all the country's fortresses which they had taken.
They destroyed to the foundations the impregnable fortresses
bylit by the TaSiks at great cost" (GA p. 296). While in
Mughan. the three commanders Chormaghun. Ben-.l and Mular
held* a quriltai at night with the latter two urging the
killing of all the population in a new expeditions.
Chormaghun, however, urged peace; "There has been enough
destruction and killing in the land. Let it remain
cultivated (sen). They can cultivate it, giving half
for us to live on, from the vineyards and fields, and
keeping half for themselves" (GA p. 298). Mysteriously,
the next day, two of the warlike commanders were found
dead. Chormaghun, the_aurvivor, went to "Chingiz" and
and explained. The Khan mentions that it is God's will
for the Mongols to take the world, maintain order, impose
the yasax and collect iz-tu. mal tatar. and Ip'Jur taxes.
The Khan gave Chormaghun his wife Aglt^ana Katun and
aentTTim back to" the Caucasus, to Mughan. with 110 chiefs:
"Then they held a quiriltai (xutut ay) and a great
council at Chormaghun's order, and they divided the
countries among the 110 chieftains. Dividing the land into
three parts, one group went north, one south and one
directly through the country...
"Now the names of those chieftains who remained in the
middle of the country were: Asut^u-noyin who was the ggkr
(?,"bone", "relative") of the Khan; Calatay who was called
khan; Sanit'ay; another Junior~7aiatay; flacu-noyln(Baiju)
"These same 13 chiefs divided amongst themselves the
land of Georgia and Albania, mountain and plain. And they
brought the great House of Chormaghun to Ganjak Sahastan
which previously was destroyed but later restored"(GA p. 302)
Aknerc'i next describes the capture of Vanakan, the destruction
of Karin/Erzerum, the victory of Chmantakuk and
following that the capture of Erzinjan "where they left
aahna (guards)" (GA p. 310), the destruction of Caesarea,
and the capture of Kenya and Axsar. "Then they attacked
Sebastia and took it by seige, but they did not kill the
population. Rather, they took their belongings as booty,
counted the men, imposed their customary mal and t &lar
taxes, left aahna and.ch^eftains for the country or Hum",
and returned to Azerbaijan (GA p. 312).
According to the KG, the first administrative move made
by the Mongols occurred after Awag's submission. "He
went to Chormaghun, Chaghatai. Bifo (Baiju?) and Yusur
who saw [Him] and honored him, became intimately acquainted
and appointed guards for [his] cities. In their language
these are called san". Subsequently Sahnsah submitted: