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

on him, Cabasioa, that we all should be allowed
to pass those borders without let or hindrance.
To this Cabasica, backed by his men, replied that
this all might indeed be very true, but that they
were in a state only able to exist by what they
could obtain in the manner that had been set forth
to as; averring that by necessity their stress of
wherewithal to eat would cause them even to plunder
and raid into the homelands of the Lord Timur himself.
1.
Despite the extremely bleak situation across the
Armenian highlands at the end of the 14th century, the
sources still report a few instances of secular and
clerical Armenian lords enjoying some influence with
the Timurids. Among the secular rulers belong the
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unnamed woman ruler of Igdir castle , and the Armenian
lord of Bayazid . Another such lord was the Roman
Catholic Kur ad-Din, mentioned earlier . Among the
clerical lords enjoying some influence with the Timurids
belong the director of Mecop' monastery, Yovhannes ,
and the noted intellectual.yardapet Grigor Tat'ewac'i,
who was a confidant of Timur's son, Hiran .
Clav. p. 119.
Clay. 142.
Clay. p. 144; "This city was beseiged by Timur some six
years ago, but the lord of the same shortly came to terms
with him agreeing to pay Timur tribute, who on his Aide
promised not to let his Tartars enter the place. Neither was
th« lord of Bayazid, either of himself or with his men,
bound to join and march with Timur".
4 Clay. 145.
5 TM p. 58.
6 TM p. 69.
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