13 PB, III. 8 p. 31: "...The sparapet
Vach'e and brave Vahan Amatuni arrested Databe, brought him before
the great king Xosrov, and killed him by lapidation as a man who
would betray his land, brigade, and the troops of his lord. [Databe's]
azg, wife and children were located there in the stronghold
of the prince of Erhshtunik', which was called the island of Aght'amar.
Sparapet Vach'e got into a boat, crossed over to the island,
and left neither male nor female alive. Thus was the azgatohm
of that naxarardom eliminated, and their tun was
seized for the Crown".
14 PB, III 9 p. 32. On the office
of bdeashx see J. Markwart, "Hay bdeashxk'
[The Armenian Bdeashxk']", Handes Amsoreay (1903)
pp. 1-5, 114-19.
15 On the confiscation of land for
the Crown, see A.G. Perikhanian, "Drevnearmianskie vostaniki
[The Ostanik's in Ancient Armenia]", Vestnik
drevnei istorii 2(1956) pp. 44-58. In the event of the extermination
of all male clanmembers, sole-surviving female children, apparently,
were able to pass their clans' properties and prerogatives to
the clans of their husbands. see, e.g., PB, III 9 (cited in the
text), Movses Xorenats'i, II 78, and Ghazar P'arpets'i, I. 37.
16 PB, III. 11 pp. 38-9.
17 PB, III. 5 p. 22.
18 PB, III. 15 p. 54.
19 PB, III. 18 pp. 57-8. Years later,
the sole-surviving Shawasp Artsruni avenged his clan's extermination
by murdering Hayr: "Now when he had reached this place, the
judgment of the Lord's anger was visited upon the impious Hayr
for his deeds and words. He was betrayed into the hands of a
man named Shawasp, a remnant of the Artsrunik' azg. While
[Hayr] was seated in a wagon and was travelling on the road, Shawasp
approached and began to tell the mardpet a fictitious story,
saying: 'I saw a bear as white as the snow'. And he charmed the
mardpet into getting out of the wagon and mounting a steed.
Then they entered the forest and lay in wait. When they were
in the bushes, Shawasp remained somewhat behind. He hit the eunuch
Hayr with an arrow from behind that went right through him. Hayr
fell to the ground and perished"."PB, IV. 14 p. 124.
20 PB, IV. 2 p. 76. Also see the list
in IV. 11 p. 113.
21 PB, IV. 19 pp. 137-38.
22 PB, IV. 53 p. 171. During the Iranian
invasions of the late 360s, the shah Shahpuhr II (310-379) tried
to exterminate the House of Siwnik': "They killed all the
mature males of the azg of the Siwnik' tohm, and
killed all the women; and [Shahpuhr] ordered that all the young
boys should be made eunuchs and be sent to the country of Iran".
IV. 58 p. 183.
23 PB, IV. 55 p. 177.
24 PB, V. 8 p. 213: "Then sparapet
Mushegh went against the king of Iberia [Georgia], greatly harassing
him. He struck the country and defeated the entire land of Iberia.
He put to the sword all the azats and naxarar azgs
he could find. Sparapet Mushegh ordered that the P'arhawazeans
be crucified in the land of Iberia. He seized and beheaded the
bdeashx of Gugark', who previously had served the king
of Armenia but had rebelled. He destroyed the males of [that]
azg and took the women and daughters into captivity. Similarly,
he beheaded all the naxarars in those parts who had rebelled
from the king of Armenia. He took the entire district, taking
hostages and putting the remainder under taxation. He conquered
as far as the old boundary which existed between the country of
Armenia and the country of Iberia, namely, the great Kura river,
and then he turned back". V. 15 p. 215.
25 PB, V. 16 p. 216: "Then general
Mushegh turned to the Aghdznik' country, striking the country
with great blows, for they too had rebelled from the king of Armenia.
He arrested the bdeashx of Aghdznik', destroyed his women
in his presence, took their sons into captivity, put the survivors
under taxation, left overseers and ostikans, and then departed
the country of Aghdznik'. 17. After that, they invaded Greater
Tsop'k', since [that district] had rebelled. Mushegh subjected
the district of Greater Tsop'k' to pillage. He put its azgs
to the sword, took hostages and put the people under taxation"
V. 16-17, p. 216.
26 PB, V. 32 pp. 235-37.
27 PB, V. 34 p. 238.
28 ibid.
29 PB, V. 35 pp. 238-40.
30 PB, V. 37 p. 242.
31 PB, V. 37 p. 243.
32 PB, V. 37 p. 245.
33 PB, V. 37 p. 247. On the term tikin
("queen") cf. C.J.F. Dowsett "Armenian Ter,
Tikin, Tiezerk'," Ecole des langues orientales de
l'Institut Catholique, Memorial du Cinquantenaire 1914-1964
(Paris, 1964), pp. 135-45.