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

fhe fact that Hasan, subsequently "being harassed by
tax-collectors and by [emir] Argjiun" was obliged to
visit the ?ar East to complain, demonstrates the crucial
point, and is equally valid for the secular Hasan and
the clerical Nerses. It was not enough simply to have
written patents of authority or protection. The local
Mongol noyins did not always implement them.
In the late 1270's according to the History of
K'art'li. the twelve retreats of Garesjfa, Georgia were
taxed by the Mongols—even though under the administration
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of so loyal a Mongol supporter aa Sadun Arcruni/Mahkanaberdeli .
In the early 1280's (and presumably before), more than
150 Armenian monasteries within the Georgian state were
being taxed . Consequently we must conclude that even
before the Islamization of the Mongols, many Armenian
churches were taxed.
KG p. 359: "Ke^eal 4 harkapahanUac *n ew yArafcunen**.
2 KG p. 272; Mur. p. 142.
SO p. 173: "Thereafter TarsayiS [Orbelean] held the
atabekate of the land of Armenia, and did many things to
lightenCthe lot of] the harassed Armenian people. Going
to Tiflis he had brought forth the royal diwan and read
all the names of the Armenian monasteries, and* such remained
in the diwan as taxable (i nerk'py harki). So he had fetched
the senior ciknawpar of the archives and changed the
dawt'ar. He removed the names of more than 150 monasteries,
[from the tax-register] and burned the old [register] in
the fire. Thus did he free all the churches".