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Arcrunlda, Mamikonids <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs) . <strong>The</strong> first <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se<br />

families was founded by one Va$e, a loyal follower <strong>of</strong><br />

Zak'are but <strong>of</strong> an unknown background, who was given<br />

by his lord all <strong>the</strong> districts <strong>of</strong> Aragaeotn, Sirak, Nig<br />

2<br />

<strong>and</strong> Anberd as far as Erasxajor. He waa made pr<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>of</strong><br />

%<br />

pr<strong>in</strong>ces <strong>of</strong> Zak'are's realm. Ihe Pahlawunids, rul<strong>in</strong>g<br />

around Manualea, Bagnayr <strong>and</strong> Lmbat, had acquired hered-<br />

itary control over <strong>the</strong> <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong> bishop <strong>of</strong> *nl <strong>and</strong> Sirak,<br />

<strong>and</strong> occasionally were mayors <strong>of</strong> Ani . Ihe Arcrunids,<br />

who ruled <strong>the</strong> fortresses <strong>of</strong> Mahkanaberd <strong>and</strong> its<br />

environs north <strong>of</strong> Lake Sewan, were connected to <strong>the</strong><br />

Zak'arlda by marriage ties . Ihe Mamikonids held two<br />

small areas, one by Dsel, <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r south <strong>of</strong> Garni,<br />

around Ureajor .<br />

HAP chp. 32, I.H.Babayan, "Zak'aryanner<strong>in</strong> ent'aka<br />

feodalakan tnera [Feudal Houses Subject to <strong>the</strong>Zajcarida]"<br />

P. 547.<br />

ibid.<br />

ibid, p. 548, also Appendix A.<br />

4 See below p. <strong>and</strong> also Appendix A.<br />

5 On <strong>the</strong> Mamikonids: H. Kurdian, "Mamikoneanneri<br />

cula [<strong>The</strong> Dsel Branch <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Mamikoneans3".Bazmavep (1956)<br />

PP. 155-62, 246-51} also A.Sah<strong>in</strong>yan, •Mamikpnyan-Hamazaspyan<br />

tohma Hayastanun III-XIII darerum [<strong>The</strong> Mamikonean-Hamazaapean<br />

dan<strong>of</strong> Nor<strong>the</strong>rn <strong>Armenia</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> XII-XIII Centuries]"<br />

Lraber #3 (1968) pp. 84-93.<br />

164

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