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Title: Illustrated Armenia and the Armenians
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Gaidzakian, Ohan, 1837-1914. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Boston, B. H. Aznive
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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t both expectedto benefit by it. Under these auspices a dynasty, the descen-dants of Sumbat and Pakrat, and hence of the direct line o!Israel (see the Haigian dynasty in this book), took possessionof the Armenian throne. During the period of wellnigh twohundred years of their troubled sway, the history of Armeniahas little other interest save what attaches to a condition of in-cessant commotion and massacre, arising from the alternatingoppressions of Persians and Greeks, as they saw it to be theiradvantage to intervene in her affairs. The effusive friendshipof both eastern and western patrons had begun to visibly coolbefore a single generation of the new regime had passed away.Issuf, a creature of the Persian caliph, after carrying on hostili-ties against the Pakradoonian King, Sumbat I. (the second ofthe dynasty), seized him, and tortured him to death. This mis-creant continued his invasions of Armenia in the reign of Sum-bats successor. Ashod II., the Iron, gained his title from his
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