Seta's Armenian Blog: Lucy Balian shared Monarchy of Historical Armenia's photo to the group: I am a descendant of a survivor of the Armenian Genocide! 14 hrs · Tumlu Fortress, Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, 12th century

Wednesday 11 March 2015

Lucy Balian shared Monarchy of Historical Armenia's photo to the group: I am a descendant of a survivor of the Armenian Genocide! 14 hrs · Tumlu Fortress, Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, 12th century

"Թումլու բերդ, Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, 12th c. AD.

Leo (Levon) was a valiant and learned prince; he enlarged his principality and became the master of many provinces. A few days only after his taking possession of the country, the descendants of Ismael, under the command of one Roustam, advanced and came against Cilicia. Leo was not frightened, but confiding in God, who destroyed Sanacherib, he vanquished with a few men the great army of the infidels. Roustam himself being killed by St. George, the whole Hagarenian army then fled and dispersed; the Armenians pursued them and enriched themselves by the booty. The power of Leo thus increased, and being confident in his strength, he chased the Tadjiks (name used by Armenian chroniclers to designate the Saracens, particularly the Seljuks) and pursued the Turks; he conquered Isauria and came as far as Iconium (today Konya in Turkey); he captured Heraclea, and again gave it up for a large ransom; he blockaded Caesarea (now Kayseri in Turkey), and had nearly taken it; he made a treaty with the Sultan of Iconium, and received a large sum of money from him; he surrounded Cilicia on every side with forts and castles; he built a new church called Agner, and was exceedingly generous to all monasteries erected by his ancestors; his bounty extended itself even to the leprous; they being shunned by everybody and expelled from every place, he assigned to them a particular house, and provided them with necessaries.

—Vahram of Edessa: The Rhymed Chronicle of Armenia Minor"

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Թումլու բերդ, Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, 12th c. AD.

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