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

either the registers were exterminated, or entire popul-
ations were led off into Central Asia to live and
die in slavery. After wintering in Mughan Azarbaijan,
Timur's generals crossed into the Kajberunik* and Capaljur
districts of southern and southwestern Armenia, where
they fought unsuccessfully against the Qara Qoyunlu
Turkmens . Some Timurid detachments reached as far north
came to Tabriz and Naxijewan and thence in one day captured
as far as Karbi and Bjni, to Garni, Surmarl and Koib. Thence
he went to Georgia and made holy war (iaza arar) against
the city of Tiflis. Capturing the king Bagrat, he made
him convert tg Iglam (tac"kae'oye *). then he went and
wintered in Mughan. At the onset of the next year, on
the day of Easter, he came to Siwnik* and spread all
about. He went after the Turkmens as far as the Amida
river, turned back on the city of Van, and beseiged it
for 25 days. He captured it on a Thursday...and threw
everyone down from the fortress: 7,000 men. Then he went
tg $he land of Samarkand. After six years, once again
Timur came forth, descending into Baghdad where he killed
many people and built six minarets out of heads. He
went to Syrian Mesopotamia and killed many people there.
Now the son of sultan Ahmad was in the fortress of Ernjak.
The Georgians came and took it. When Timur heard this
he was angered and came forth in great rage. He went to
Georgia causing much ruin and harm with sword, fire,
and captive-taking. He demolished the grandest churches
in Tiflis and thence descended to Syria. He approached
Jerusalem but did not enter. Then he turned back with
mych booty and went to T'axt. The next year he went to
Rum and took Kamax and many other places. In Sebastia
he buried more than 2,000 people alive, thgn returned to
nig place. The next year he returned to Rum and captured
khan Yaltrum who had countless cavalry and troops. He
oTspersed and captured all" (SA pp. 171-72). 14CC #709
? P. 567-68; Armenian Hep-martyrs. Vanak bishop of B3ni
d. 1387/88) p. 136? HEP IV pp. 24-25.
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HAP IV p. 26; "The commencement of copying this gospel
occurred in the year 1387/66 (A.E. 836) in a bitter time
when many places were devastated because of our sins. A
wicked Mahmetakan tyrant named Lank-T'amur arose in the
East with countless troops and enveloped Persia as far as
the Hum country. Coming to Armenia he demolished and
enslaved everything and pitilessly put to the sword all
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