1 For example, K. P'atkanov's two-volume
Russian anthology which appeared in St. Petersburg in 1873 and
1874, Istoriia mongolov po armianskim istochnikam [History
of the Mongols According to the Armenian Sources] which includes
extracts from Vardan, Orbelean, Smbat Sparapet, and Kirakos Ganjakec'i;
A.G. Galstyan's Armianskie istochniki o mongolakh [Armenian Sources
on the Mongols], (Moscow, 1962); and the translations into English
of various passages from Kirakos Ganjakec'i dealing with the Mongols
made by J.A. Boyle. Bibliographical indications, when not provided
in the text will be found in the Bibliography.
2 Most surprisingly in B. Spuler's History
of the Mongols Based on Eastern and Western Accounts of the Thirteenth
and Fourteenth Centuries (Berkeley, 1972) which does
not include a single Armenian or Georgian
source. J. A. Boyle's scholarly studies are a welcome exception.
3 PT p. 438.
4 PT pp. 204, 326.
5 Foremost among the European Armenists
were fathers Nerses Akinean and H. Oskean. Among the numerous
Soviet scholars deserving attention belong N. Marr, H. Manandyan,
M. Abeghyan, T'. Avdalbekyan, X, Samuelyan, S. Eremyan, L. Melik
'set '-bek, K. Ghafadaryan, A. Hovannisyan, H. Zhamkoch'yan, L.
Xach'ikyan, A. Galstyan, and P. Muradyan. For their contributions
see below chapter one (Sources) under Kirakos Ganjakec'i, Vardan
Arewelc'i, Step'annos Orbelean, Grigor Aknerc'i, T'ovma Mecop'ec'i,
Chronographies and Hagiographical Literature, Colophons, and Inscriptions.
See Bibliography for full listing.
6 As a result, the information in chapter
one on the Armenian sources serves as a preface to the translated
portions of the sources appearing in chapters two and three which
form an anthology of 13-14th century Armenian historical wrtings
focussing on the Turco-Mongol invasions and domination(s) and
the Armenian lords' reactions to them. It should be noted that
while- both Manandyan and Babayan conducted surveys of the Armenian
sources, their reviews tend to be catalogues with little indication
of a source's specific relevance. M. Abeghyan's History of
Ancient Armenian Literature vol. 2 (Erevan, 1946) examined
the literary (and often historical) importance of the 13-14th
century sources. Thus the survey of 13-14th century literary historians
in chapter one below is the most extensive currently available.