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

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population .<br />

Centrifugal elements with<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Mongol</strong> army <strong>of</strong><br />

occupation were not <strong>the</strong> only ones fac<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Armenia</strong>ns <strong>and</strong><br />

Georgians. Accord<strong>in</strong>g to Bar Eebraeua <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> History <strong>of</strong><br />

i, <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> 1230's <strong>and</strong> 1240 's, remnants <strong>of</strong> Jalal<br />

al -D<strong>in</strong>'s nomadic Khwarazmian army entered Georgia <strong>and</strong><br />

2 -<br />

harassed <strong>the</strong> settled population . Khwarazmian mercenaries<br />

also operated <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Mayyafarlk<strong>in</strong> area <strong>in</strong> southwestern<br />

<strong>Armenia</strong> dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> 1240 's*. In 1255, <strong>Mongol</strong> rebels despoiled<br />

rae'n ew aae c'nosa. 'Mek' ojj unimk*<br />

zaynosik. or. hnaz<strong>and</strong>eal en meg ew<br />

mez i carayut ^ can ew w harkatuk* en ^anln. ew ijlc'<br />

'<br />

KG pp. 320-21: "C<strong>in</strong>e <strong>Mongol</strong>s] attacked Georgia, fall<strong>in</strong>g<br />

upon many districts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> rebels <strong>and</strong> non-rsbels. <strong>The</strong>y<br />

cut down many people <strong>and</strong> took even more captive; a countless<br />

multitude <strong>of</strong> men, women <strong>and</strong> children <strong>the</strong>y drowned <strong>in</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> river. And this took place <strong>in</strong> 1249/50 (698 A.E.)".<br />

TA p. 148: "...Countless numbers were killed <strong>and</strong> enslaved,<br />

villages <strong>and</strong> fields [were destroyed], <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>y disgraced<br />

women <strong>in</strong> <strong>Armenia</strong>, but more so <strong>in</strong> Georgia* .<br />

2 BH p. 402; KC pp. 212-15; Mur. pp. 91-92.<br />

3 BH p. 403.<br />

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