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

to Cilicia, he wrote;
...But when Step'annos arrived there, the
kat'o^ikos [Yakob] had died. Lewon, king of Armenia,
received him with great honor and glory and greatly
entreated him to remain there and to occupy the
kat'olikosal throne. Step'annoB did not consent
to this...l.
He was personally acquainted with three Mongol Khans.
Arghun, Geikhatu, and Ghazan, all of whom esteemed this
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important dignitary and quickly granted his requests .
Consequently, Step'annos was uniquely qualified to write
an authoritative history of his country and his times .
i. t, agaworen Havoc Lewone or ew yolpv it axanjans arnei
nma" mnal. and en ew nstel yat"ror~k'aT 'o^ikosut 'eanTTayoc *1
Ew ming o$ arnoyr yan.1n
SO, chp. 66 p. 176? chp. 71 p.230; chp. 71 p. 231.
Unfortunately no critical edition of the History of the
State of Siaakan exists. The Armenian text was pubTTshed
first TiyKarapet Sahnazareanc' (Paris, 1859). I*o years
later J.ISmin issued an edition in Moscow based on two mss.
which he compared with the Sahnazareanc' text. The third
printing occurred in Tiflia, 1910 in the lukaaean Library
Series, and is a reprint of the Paris text with the addition
of an index. A full French translation in two volumes was
issued by M. Brosset (St.Petersburg. 1864-66; Histoire de
la Siounie. par Stephannos Orbellan; . Translations of
individual chapters have been made into Russian by
K. Patkanov and A.G. GalstyanCsee Bibliography]; French by
M.S.Saint-MartenCMemoires historiques et geographiques sur
I'Armenie. t.II(Paris, 1819)]; and English by the presenT"
writer.
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