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la <strong>the</strong> view <strong>of</strong> . L. H. Babayan, <strong>the</strong> nature <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Zak'arld<br />

bro<strong>the</strong>rs' service to <strong>the</strong> Georgian Crown was primarily <strong>of</strong><br />

a military sort. <strong>Armenia</strong>n l<strong>and</strong>s recaptured from <strong>the</strong><br />

lurks, he suggests, did not pay taxes to Georgia, but to<br />

<strong>the</strong> Zak'arids who sometimes are styled "k<strong>in</strong>gs","Caesars",<br />

<strong>and</strong> "sahnsahs" <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Armenia</strong>n sources, apparently <strong>in</strong><br />

recognition <strong>of</strong> this .<br />

With<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> vast territories under <strong>the</strong>ir jurisdiction<br />

<strong>the</strong> two Zak'arid bro<strong>the</strong>rs apparently established many <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> same <strong>of</strong>fices as existed <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Georgian Court. <strong>The</strong><br />

men chosen by <strong>the</strong>m to fill <strong>the</strong>se <strong>of</strong>fices were those same<br />

<strong>in</strong>dividuals who had been <strong>in</strong>strumental as warriors <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

reconquest <strong>of</strong> <strong>Armenia</strong>n l<strong>and</strong>s. <strong>The</strong> service (carayut'iwn)<br />

tendered <strong>the</strong> Zak'arids by <strong>the</strong>ir appo<strong>in</strong>tees consisted <strong>of</strong><br />

military aid <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> payment <strong>of</strong> taxes. Thus, <strong>in</strong> return<br />

for his service, Zak'are titled Va$e [Va?utean] his "pr<strong>in</strong>ce<br />

<strong>of</strong> pr<strong>in</strong>ces" . Members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Xa$en aristocracy served<br />

as Zak'arid hejjubs, chamberla<strong>in</strong>s, court directors, <strong>and</strong><br />

guardians <strong>of</strong> Zak'arid children3. Pr<strong>in</strong>ce Bubak, Iwane's<br />

subord<strong>in</strong>ate, is styled "pr<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>in</strong>ces* <strong>and</strong> "<strong>the</strong> great<br />

8AP_ P. 544, U p. 47; ocoaaionally Zak'arid women are<br />

styled queens: ¥2 pp. 71,74; X.pp. 6-7.<br />

HAP p. 547<br />

HAP p. 550.<br />

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