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

INTRODUCTION
The history of Greater Armenia in the 13-14th
centuries is not well known to Western scholars. To
Armeniats, however, with the possible exception of
Armenia's "golden age" (5th century A.D.), no period
has received as much attention as the 13-14th centuries.
The nature and diversity of the primary sources as well
as the uses to which they have been put provide explan-
ations for both opposing tendencies. Western scholars
have been most interested in the Armenian sources for
what they tell about the Mongols. Such interest explains
the translated anthologies of relevant sections of the
Armenian sources which focus on the Mongols in Armenia
or the Mongols in the Armenian sources, but not on
Armenia or the Armenians per se. Despite the existence
of such anthologies and of full translations of the
Armenian sources (in some cases for over 100 years),
For example, K. Patkanov*s two-volume Russian anthology
which appeared in St. Petersburg in 1873 and 1874,
latoriia mongolov po armianskim istochnikam [History of
the Mongols According to the Armenian Sources]which includes
extracts from Vardan, Srbelean, Smbat Sparapet, and
Kirakos Ganjakec'i; A.G. Galstyan's Armianskie istochniki
o mongolakh [Armenian Sources on the MohpolsB.(Moscow.
1962); and the translations into English of various
passages from Kirakos Ganjakec'i dealing with the Mongols
made by J.A, Boyle. Bibliographical indications, when
not provided in the text will be found in the Bibliography.