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

Awag then visited the Khan in Qara Qorun. "When he came
back to his land and tEe commanders implemented the orders
of their king, the following meg came to the Tatars in
service: 5ahnsah, son of Zak'are; prince Tahram and his
son Albuia; Hasan called tfalal, prince of the la?en area,
and many others. The Tatars gave to each one control
over his lands and for the time being,*a pardon"(EG p. 263).
In oh' . 30, Kirakos describes the conquest of Xa$en,
where many people fled to the inaccessible fortress called
Hawaxalac ("Perch"). This fortress was taken and its
people killed. The Mongols also went againsj prince _
Hasan Cfalal, the son of the sister of Zak'are and I wane,
who holed up with the population under him in the fortress
"which is called Xoxanaberd in Persian. When the Tatars'
arrived to seize the fortress, they saw that it was not
possible to take it. So they called Jalal to them, amicably.
And he wisely pleased them. Later, he himself went to
them with many presents. The Tatars honored him and gave
him back his land and other lands besides, and ordered
him to come to them each year for war service, and
ingenuously to be obedient to them" (KG p. 269).
According to VA, following the taking of Samk or by the
Mongols, Vahram of Gag and his son Albuia fled from place
to place "until they learned that the Tatars spared those
people who voluntarily subordinated themselves to them.
Then they CVahram and his son] wwirt and received back from
the Tatars those castles and districts they had captured,
which were their sep'akan patrimony (hayrenik*). All of
them were taken: Tawus, Zacaret', Terunakan. Ergevank',
Maonaberd which was [the property]of Aaxart an Kiwrikean,
Norberd, [the property] of the royal (tdeaworazn) Vaaak;
and the Impregnable fortress K'awazin; the renowned fortress
of Gag and the district built up by king Gagik...Everything
was surrendered to them in a short period without toil
or labor. For we knew that it was the Hand of the Lord,
which, before our very eyes, had given over our land as
food for the foreigners" (VA p. 145).
SO: "When the Tatars first came to this land, our
districts fell the lot (bajin) of Asian noyin. Elikum
[Orbelean] was holed up with his people in the impregnable
fortress of Hraikaberd. That Asian came and circumlocuted
the fortress and realized that it was humanly impossible
to take it. So he encamped opposite the fortress and sent
messages to Elikum, saying: 'Make friends with us; come to
us, and you will find many benefits from us. Otherwise,
no matter how long you ait on your rock, we shall not
quit this land. Por God has given us this [land] as
patrimony, and when you come forth, it will be the ruin
of you and your tun(House)'.
"When Elikum heard this, he did not reject the advice,
but instead, replying sweetly, he requested an oath. And
he went before [Asian] with numerous gifts. When Asian
saw this, he liked Elikum greatly and received him and
made peace" (SO p. 149).
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