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<strong>The</strong> birth <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir son Demitre created a Bagratid-Kaxaber-<br />

ije-Awagean l<strong>in</strong>k. <strong>The</strong> struggle <strong>of</strong> families was by no<br />

means over, however:<br />

...Now Smbat planned, with <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r pr<strong>in</strong>ces<br />

to become <strong>the</strong> "adopted fa<strong>the</strong>r" <strong>of</strong>JLwag's tun;<br />

by order <strong>of</strong> HttlegU-Khan <strong>the</strong>y had Gone a drowned<br />

<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> sea, <strong>and</strong> he, Smbat, ruled over all <strong>of</strong><br />

Awag'e pr<strong>in</strong>cedom. He gave Awag's daughter Xoeak<br />

<strong>in</strong> marriage to <strong>the</strong> great sahipdiwan Xo3a [bro<strong>the</strong>r<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> historian Juvayni]...This occurred <strong>in</strong><br />

1269/70 (718 A.E.). 1.<br />

Accord<strong>in</strong>g to Step'annos, <strong>the</strong> Georgian monarch David<br />

Lasaean <strong>and</strong> Smbat were on <strong>the</strong> best <strong>of</strong> terms: "K<strong>in</strong>g David<br />

so loved Smbat that he considered him his equal , <strong>and</strong><br />

placed <strong>the</strong> little boy Demitre <strong>in</strong> his h<strong>and</strong>s, giv<strong>in</strong>g his<br />

son to him" . Once aga<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> enmity <strong>of</strong> families has left<br />

SO p. 165: Smbatay hayraair leal tann Awag<strong>in</strong>*<br />

xorfai <strong>and</strong> ayl xanac n. ew tan spananel i covami?i<br />

zGonc'ayn. hra'amanaw<br />

HuTawu ian<strong>in</strong>. ew <strong>in</strong>k'n ilxer amen-<br />

Tsxanufeancl Awag<strong>in</strong>. Sw tay zHiIatr TLQT& zXo'sak 'n<br />

^"^^ ^^••^"^•^i" ^"^*^^ •"•^•^l^!^p-.""<br />

sahip diwan<strong>in</strong>..>ew .er ays y?16<br />

> 'U<strong>in</strong>'.' . KG p. SSljlfur. . y, p. j.£?; 123: -HOW "Now Awag-s AvagTa loraer Toriaer<br />

wife, <strong>the</strong> queen Gone a, was killed when located among <strong>the</strong><br />

Tatars, as <strong>the</strong>y sayj <strong>and</strong> it was at <strong>the</strong> urg<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> her<br />

daughter Xosak , wife <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sahibdivan khoja Shamsad<br />

D<strong>in</strong> that she was killed".<br />

SO p. 168.<br />

271

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