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9<br />

Maakaberdelle not only comm<strong>and</strong>ed <strong>the</strong> victorious araiee,<br />

but were left <strong>in</strong> charge <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> newly established<br />

ato<strong>in</strong>istratipns 1 . <strong>The</strong><br />

Georgian Bagratide reached <strong>the</strong><br />

apogee <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir power under queen Taoar (1184-12<strong>13</strong>).<br />

Under Taoar's generals, <strong>the</strong> energetic bro<strong>the</strong>rs Zak'are<br />

<strong>and</strong> Iwane Zak '<br />

arean, <strong>the</strong> Aroeno-Georgian armies surged<br />

ahead reclaim<strong>in</strong>g one after ano<strong>the</strong>r fortress, city <strong>and</strong><br />

district: Anberd <strong>in</strong> Aragaeotn district (1196), Samk '<br />

or,<br />

Ganjak, Arc'ax, Slwnik*, Slrak, <strong>the</strong> Ayrarat pla<strong>in</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />

Ani (ca. 1199); Bjni (1201); <strong>and</strong> Dw<strong>in</strong> (1203) 2 . <strong>The</strong>y<br />

now turned upon <strong>the</strong> sou<strong>the</strong>rn <strong>and</strong> western emirates, defeat-<br />

<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> renowned aultan <strong>of</strong> Eonya, Rukn al-Sln <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> district<br />

<strong>of</strong> Sasen (1204) 3 . In 1204/5 <strong>the</strong>y reached as far south<br />

1<br />

While, strictly speak<strong>in</strong>g, it is more precise to refer<br />

to <strong>the</strong> lords as naxarar/didebulsC<strong>in</strong> light <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

Armeno-Gecrgian '<br />

backgrounds <strong>and</strong> affiliations] <strong>and</strong> to<br />

provide <strong>the</strong> double <strong>Armenia</strong>n <strong>and</strong> Georgian forms <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

surnames, s<strong>in</strong>ce this study exam<strong>in</strong>es aspects <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>Armenia</strong>n background only, we shall hereafter prefer<br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>Armenia</strong>n forms except <strong>in</strong> cases where <strong>the</strong> source<br />

Iraber #11(1975) PP. 48-60.<br />

2<br />

VA p. <strong>13</strong>8; SO p. <strong>13</strong>7; Ibn al-Amr , year 599(1202-3)<br />

pp. 507-8;JHAP p. 534.<br />

.Alilan, Hayapatum. colophon #3<strong>13</strong> , p. 448; A.Abrahjmyan,<br />

.Ruk n-ed-Dirir partut '<br />

yune [<strong>The</strong> 3)efeat <strong>of</strong> Rukn al-D<strong>in</strong>j",<br />

TeSekagTr. 6 liwi) pp. 78-e3; HAP p. 536.<br />

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