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

334 HISTORY OF ARMENIA.
He implored him to give his unfortunate
countrymen a little rest, and called to his recollection
the guarantee of no future molestation,
which one of his predecessors, Valarsh, had given
the Armenians in the time of Vahan the Mamiconian;
forbidding, at the same time, by a
A. D. 552. decree, the revocation of that act by any of
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his successors on the throne of Persia. Khosrove,
acknowledging the justice of the pontiff's
remonstrance, recalled Denshapuh, in the fourth
year of his prefecture, and sent in his room
Vishnas Vahram, who, immediately on assuming
his authority, prohibited the Magi from further
molesting the people. A son of the chief Magi,
however^ named Makhoj, having become a convert
to Christianity, on which occasion he took
the name of Hiztibught,
the new prefect was
prevailed upon by the ministers of his
to martyr him.
religion
This was the only act of severity
that he committed during his prefecture, which
lasted six years, during the whole of which
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ti"^^ Armenia tasted the delights of peace. He
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was superseded by Varazdat, a Persian, who
remained in the prefecture six years, and was
replaced by SurenChihrVishnaspuhen,arelation
of Khosrove the Persian monarch. This individual,
immediately after assuming the government,
renewed the old persecution ;
compelling
many to worship the sun and fire, and filling the