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Diyarbakr. <strong>The</strong> MuS area <strong>in</strong> southwestern <strong>Armenia</strong> was<br />

ravaged. In <strong>13</strong>43 $asan-i Kuchak raided parts <strong>of</strong> western<br />

<strong>Armenia</strong> under Jalayirid control, captur<strong>in</strong>g Kar<strong>in</strong>/Erzerum<br />

<strong>and</strong> Sebastia/Sivas . In <strong>13</strong>44 with Sasan's murder, real<br />

power passed to bis bro<strong>the</strong>r Malik-Ashraf who ruled <strong>13</strong><br />

years with ferocious cruelty. Not only did he battle<br />

Jalayirids, but he turned his wrath on .<strong>the</strong> remnants <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

once-great <strong>Armenia</strong>n noble houses <strong>in</strong> Ani <strong>and</strong> Bjni <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

north <strong>and</strong> nor<strong>the</strong>ast. <strong>The</strong>se towns were ravaged <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

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early <strong>13</strong>50 's . <strong>The</strong> unwise <strong>and</strong> unpopular actions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

jJhobanids estranged a sizeable portion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> nomadic<br />

aristocracy. To escape Malik-Ashraf 's persecutions,<br />

many <strong>Mongol</strong> nobles fled westward from Iran to <strong>Armenia</strong>n<br />

Naxijewan <strong>and</strong> to Caucasian Albania5. Flight, however,<br />

was not <strong>the</strong> limit <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir response. <strong>Mongol</strong> nobles went<br />

14CC #378 pp. 304-305.<br />

1<br />

IV p. 17; Erz;ojan was beseiged <strong>and</strong> burned <strong>in</strong> <strong>13</strong>39/40<br />

<strong>13</strong>41/42 (SA p. 168); 14CC ErziMan #400 p. 325. Sebastia<br />

#414 p. 334, Bayberd #433 p. 346, Vayoc* Jor #448 p. 369,<br />

Divrigi #449 P. 369.<br />

IV p. 18; VT pp. 169-70; Accord<strong>in</strong>g to SA p. 169<br />

<strong>in</strong> <strong>13</strong>48/49 <strong>the</strong>re was fam<strong>in</strong>e; scribes from Alt'amar report<br />

harassments <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> early <strong>13</strong>50's: 14CC #485 p. 405, #489<br />

p. 408, at ErzKjan #493 P. 411; Alt'amar: #496 p. 414.<br />

3 HAP IV p. 18.<br />

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