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

Aknerc'i's narration of the rebellion ia found in hia
ehp. II. Like Kirakos, Aknerc'i noted that it was a
Georgian custom to boast: "Now one of the Georgian princes
counted the other princes in front of the king and
declared the number of princes to be 1000. And some of
the princes had 1000 horsemen for battle, while aome had
500. The news of this spread throughout the entire kingdom,
while they carelessly ate and drank. When they had
counted and taken atock of the Armenian and Georgian forcea,
they aaid that their aide would vanquish the T'at'ar
troops. And they divided the chiefs amongst themselves.
But this was not spoken straightforwardly, rather, in Jest,
for they were at leisure and free from care, and there
was no enemy in the eastern land besides the Tat'ars who
kept coming and through taxation harassing the Georgian
and Armenian princes. From aome they demanded gold cloth,
from aome falcons, from aome aalek ("well-bred") dogs and
horses. And in this way they harassed them over and above
the mal. t'aiar and xalan" (GA p. 320). Aknerc'i says
that a certain unnamed traitorous prince went and informed
the Mongols.
"Now they, believing theae false words, turned against
the land, taking aa plunder all the goods and flocks.
But they dld.not kill people, [being] without orders from
the great Khan. They seized the king and all the princes
of the nation, while they even took to the court of the
chieftain the great prince of Georgia, Awag, At'abak Iwvane's
son, on a litter, since he had fallen ill in those days
and was unable to ride a horse. Although the other princes
and the king apoke a great deal, they did not believe them,
and did not cease making captivea and looting the land.
But when they took Awag on a litter to the court of the
Tat'ar chieftain(a) he apoke and was believed; they left
off destroying the land and made peace with the terrified
and pitiful Chrifltians" (GA p. 322).
Step annoa Orbelean omits any reference to the princes'
rebellion. The account in the KG for the period 1243-50 •
ia extremely confused chronologically. Dating, aa usual,
is absent, and beyond this, many events are telescoped.
The chronicler laments the confused state of affairs following
the death of queen Ruaudan in 1247. During this time,
the Georgian army was obliged to fight each year against
the Assassins at Alamut, to fulfill military service to the
Mongols. Furthermore, with the country klngleaa, Turks
began attacking the Valarlkert area. Then, with Georgia
in confusion, the Georgian princes assembled at Koxtast'avi,
complaining about their yearly fighting obligations at
Alamut. They decided to rebell against the Mongols. Present
were Egaralan, Dadlani, Tahram of Gag, Ivarlvare, Sot'a
Kupar, T'orian, the Her-Kaxet'is, the K'art'lee'is,
Gamerkel T'oreli, Sargia T'mogveli, the Meaxa and people
of Tao. However the noyins Baiju and Angurag arrested
those at Koxta and sent them to Sirakavan, where Chormaehun
had them bound. They claimed they had assembled To" pay the
khara.1 tax. But they were not released until one of the
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