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

Mongol Control Techniques in the 13th Century
The Mongols dealt with the Caucasian nobility in
a number of time-honored ways: through the manipulation
of naxarar precedence and the co-optation of allegiance;
and through de-naxararization. Given the normal rivalries
and antagonisms among the lords (see below, Appendix B),
the manipulation of naxarar precedence was made quite
simple. The Mongols, before conquering a particular
region (such as the Caucasus) always divided up by lota
among their generals the area to be taken . The
naxarars. upon surrendering to them, became the clients
of the particular Mongol general conquering that territory.
The immediate effect of this was to distort and partially
destroy the nexus of political (and of course, military)
ties which had existed between the nobles and the Georgian
Crown.
KG pp. 237-38; VA p. 144; SO p. 149. Proa Kirakoa1
narration it is clear that during the conquest of Armenia,
the Mongols had a fairly clear understanding of the
relative importance of prince Awag [KG p. 256]. Somewhat
annoyed by Awag'3 slowness in submitting, the Mongol
noyin Chormaghun showed his displeasure in an episode
regarding seating precedence. See KG pp. 256-57.
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