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

The Timurids forced certain princes to convert. Bagarat,
king of Georgia, was forced to convert, but the apostasy
waa only temporary, and to save hia life . In the late
14th century, Timur'a grandson, 'Hoar, forced several
conversions:
During the first year of his reign, he
forcibly made to apostasize three princes of
our people who had remained like a tiny cluster
of grapes among us.: the so.n o£ Iwane and
grandson of Butt'el, Butt'el ter of Orotan, of
the Orbelean family; his brother Smbat whom
they took with hia family to Samarkand (but
subsequently, through divine mercy and their
prayer.8 they returned to their patrimony);
the ter of Eiegie named Tarsayic, son o£
Gorgon they caused to apostasize; the ter
of Haku they detached from the false anaaiophysitic
[beliefs] of Alt'armayut *iwn [Roman
Catholicism], and the son of an azat (azatordi)
named Azitan from Alc'uac* village in the
Ayraratean district. Later, however, they
repented and became true Believers in Christ
and heirs of the Kingdom. 2.
The ter of Maku referred to in the above quotation
probably is the first son of Clavijo's host, Nur ad-Din.
Clavijo related that Nur ad-Din came to terms with
Jimur, and pledged to serve in his army with 20 horsemen .
IK p. 20.
TM pp. 67-68.
Clav. p. 145. Also see R. Hewsen, "The Melike"(II),
#1(1973/74) p. 299.
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