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<strong>in</strong>, to <strong>the</strong> po<strong>in</strong>t that one lay presbyter, talc<strong>in</strong>g<br />

hia people, even went before[<strong>the</strong> Tatars]carry<strong>in</strong>g<br />

[<strong>in</strong> procession] hooded crosses. <strong>The</strong> enemy put<br />

<strong>the</strong>m to <strong>the</strong> sword, one <strong>and</strong> all. 1.<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Mongol</strong>s' motives <strong>in</strong> this <strong>in</strong>stance, dur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

reconnaissance mission <strong>of</strong> 1220/21 simply may have been<br />

to terrorize <strong>the</strong> population. However it is* not impossible<br />

that <strong>the</strong> unfortunate Christian welcom<strong>in</strong>g party was<br />

mistaken for a b<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> secular pr<strong>in</strong>ces. Accord<strong>in</strong>g<br />

to Klrakos Ganjakec'i, when <strong>in</strong> 1236 <strong>the</strong> <strong>Mongol</strong>s returned<br />

to <strong>the</strong> Caucasus <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> subdu<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> region captured <strong>the</strong><br />

great cleric <strong>and</strong> scholar Vanakan yardapet. <strong>the</strong>y thought<br />

that he was a secular pr<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>and</strong> pressed him for <strong>in</strong>formation<br />

about fortresses <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> whereabout <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Armenia</strong>n<br />

lords . In any case, <strong>in</strong> 1236 <strong>the</strong> <strong>Mongol</strong>s did not exterm<strong>in</strong>ate<br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>tellectuals who had fallen <strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong>ir h<strong>and</strong>s. Vanakan,<br />

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ase<strong>in</strong>. t "«f un<br />

bereal<br />

istor ___<br />

ec'i vraneay ew xaC sk anCelagorc<br />

: gari^arkanen, ara^T lae<strong>in</strong>. 25 amenavn<br />

2ork'*n~a7ea]1 1 nnrsne" " tan<strong>in</strong> 1,an erivanae ' d^wreanc , ew<br />

o^ pakaa^. avl ibrew BBS. J^n amenek qajn. ^ t^nglQY- novn<br />

kapign <strong>and</strong>en fflflay. . .Ew avgpifli hambaw a tut *ean Ic aw<br />

vasxarha. Vaan ayaorik o5 amrae an bnakigk aaxarh^n.<br />

erec ml asxarhakan* area], zjotovurd iwr. ew<br />

' Ya»elovk;'^9nt 'ae^w <strong>and</strong> ara^ noc 'a. Ew, noc 'a<br />

verav edeal* kotorec ^ znosa afr haearak ___ ".<br />

KG p. 246.<br />

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