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

HISTORY OF ARMENIA. 387
he was recalled by the Caliph after two years, ^P^J^^'
and replaced by Isaac the Bagratian the son «"209.
oi Bagarat. He was a man of singular piety,
and governed the nation with the most paternal
mildness. He was celebrated for the beauty
of his person, few of his contemporaries possessing
such a majestic figure and handsome
countenance.
During his government a number of depredators
made incursions into the province -of
Vaspurakan from Persia, They were opposed
by the two brothers Isaac and Hamazasp the
princes of the Arzrunians, who in an encounter
with them, both fell after killing numbers of
the plunderers. It appears that Hamazasp
received a severe wound and fell from his horse,
and then being surrounded was soon dispatched.
This sight deeply affecting his brother Isaac,
he rushed impetuously on the murderers,
after revenging the
and
death t}f Hamazasp by the
slaughter of a great number, was assailed from
behind by a blow which killed him on the spot.
When Gagik the youngest brother of Isaac a. p.
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and Hamazasp, heard of their deaths, he asera
210,
sembled a large force, and marching with it
that part of Persia whence the plunderers
had originally come, he burnt and otherwise
destroyed a number of places, besides killing
a great number of people. After having well
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