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

married to Vaxt'ang lord of lagen district. The family
was named after Hasan tfalal, the issue of this union.
The Hasan Jalaleans ruled southern Xajen .
Zn the early 13th century the Zak'arids had influence
la southern Armenia too, though how much and how deeply
it was felt cannot be ascertained clearly. As a result
of his carelessness on a campaign against Xlat* in 1209/10,
atabek Iwane was captured by the Muslim lord of that
city. Among the terms stipulated for Iwane'a release was
the hand of hia daughter T'amt'a, T'amt'a was married
to Melik Asbraf of Xlat', and became the real ruler of
parts of the Shah-Armen state during periods of dislocation,
from 1212 to 12312. Another Armenian "state" existed
in the Van area, centered mostly at Alt'amar, but probably
possessing property in the numerous Armenian cities under
its spiritual jurisdiction, i.e.., in the cities surrounding
Lake Van: Berkri, ArSes, Arcke, Xlat', Hizan, etc. This
was the relig^o-political entity known as the kat'o^ikoaate
(or anti-kat'ojfcikogate) of Alt'amar, a creation of the
Arcrunids . This surrogate state existed in addition to
l.A.Orbeli. b/'Asan Dzhalal kniaz' Khachenskii[Hasan Jalal,
Prince of Xapen] . _ Izvestiia rzvestiia Imp.AN(St.Petersburg, .. . .
1909); also
H.Hewsen, "The Melika"(II) pp. 288-89.
See ch. 2 P.
When in 1021 king Senek'erim Arcruni of Vaapurakan
exchanged his lands for lands in Byzantine Cappadocia,"he
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