In 914 Yusuf ibn Abi'l-Saj occupied Dvin and took captivity King of Armenia Smbat I.

During 14 years, beleaguered soldiers defended the tower from Timur’s army and his son Miran Shah with the help of Georgians.

Выше селенія этого имени возвышается неприступная гора на вершинѣ котороіі находится извѣстная крѣпость Ернджакъ, нынѣ АлинджаThe third great family of Armenia was the Orbelians of Siounia.

Siounia was the large canton to the east of the country, which stretched from Lake Sevan to the southernmost bend of the Araxes.

There were main branches of the family; of the elder the head at the time of Sembat’s martyrdom was the Grand Ischkan Sembat whose possessions lay on the west of Siounia, including Vaiotzor and Sisagan (which he apparently acquired from his cousins of the younger branch) and extending down to Nakhidchevan.