History of Armenia, by Father Michael Chamich; from B. C. 2247 to ...

280 HISTORY OF ARMENIA.
at length released, through the intercession of
Shilomshapuh, a Persian prince, but were not
permitted to leave the capital.
Ashusha, prince
of the Gugars, by the assistance of Mihrnerseh,
obtained from the king the release of Vahan,
Vasak, and Artaces, the three sons of Himayak,
the brother of Vardan, and took them with him
to his
country, where they were brought up in
the fear of God, by their mother Zivick, who was
the sister of Ashusha's wife.
The youngest son
of Himayak, named Vard, was still in the hands
A.D.457. of his nurses in the country of the Taics. Some
time after this Hazkert died, and was succeeded
in the Persian throne by his youngest son Phiroz.
This prince, immediately after his succession,
considerably alleviated the condition of tha
Armenian chiefs, by allowing them pensions,
which enabled them to live more at
their ease*
and having found them in many instances faith*
ful and trustworthy, he restored them to Armenia.
This occurred in the eighth year of his
reign, A. D, 464. He also appointed a new
Prefect, with whom the chiefs set out on their
return to their country.
A. D. 464. The new Prefect, appointed by the king of
Persia to supersede Atrormizd, was named
Atirwushnasp, and he governed the Armenians
for a period of seventeen years.
On the arrival
of the chiefs in Armenia, they united with each