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

Alashkert, Ani, and Sper. He commented on the condition
of citiee and of the countryside under Timor's rule, on
the tribulations of the Armenian governor of Erzinjan, on
taxes, crypto-Christianity, on the massacres and deportations
of Armenians in the late 14th and early 15th centuries,
and on Turkmen, Timurid, and Ottoman warfare, frequently
providing detailed historical excursuses .
The non-Caucasian sources tend to have different
foci than the Caucasian. They were written by indiv-
iduals lacking the patriotic feelings that motivated the
Armenian historians. The history of the Turco-Mongol invasions
could not be written without them, but for the history of
Armenia's nobles in the 13-14th centuries, the Caucasian
sources remain the most important. A discussion of these
sources follows.
Armenian Sources
Kirakos Ganjakec'i and His History of Armenia
Kirakos Ganjakec'i was one of the most important Armenian
historians of the 13th century. Biographical information
about him is not plentiful . In chapter 33 of his work, after
a description of the activities of the influential Syrian
Eaban, the author wrote: "This [episode] was written down
1 Clavijo, Embassy to Tamerlane 1403-1*06, (J. Le Strange,
trans. (London, 19287.
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