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

...But ahe did not do so, and Instead
sent Iwane's son Awag who was among/in the
Tatar army ("had already submitted) with a
few soldiers to the Tatars, saying: iUntll
the ambassador whoa I sent to the Khan your
king returns, I cannot COBS to you. 1.
It was at this point that the enraged Mongols enthroned
Rusudan'a nephew, the legitimate heir, David Laiaean:
Now when David's aunt Rusudan heard
about this, she fled to Abxazia and Svane'tla
with her son, the other David (,!.£. David
Rusudanean), and sent ambassadors to the
other Jatar commander, Batu, a relative of
the Khan... She offered him her submission.
Batu ordered her to reside in Tiflis, and
no one opposed_thls, since during this tine
the [Great] Khan had died. 2.
Rusudan's plans were thwarted when the Mongols decided to
enthrone both Davids, Indicating that two could play the
same game. But with the deepening of hostilities between
the II-Khans and the Northern Tatars, the question of
Georgian allegiance became crucial. Indeed, years later,
when HiilegU was planning to kill hostage members of king
David Laiaean'a family, he was prudently stopped by
his wife:
KG p. 288: *...2fk na arareal* tay sakaw zorrs
ind I*at ar zorun.
KG p. 289: "I§k horak'oyr oora Ruzudan" ^.b^ew luaw gayn.
p'axeaw yAp'xa'zet'' ew f SuaneT