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 ^e Hagarites seized the goyeroment. Khosrote, iiaving previously taken up the cause of the deceased king of Persia, on the death of the latter, marched into Persia, to dispossess the usurper Artashir of the crown. Several years a. d. ue. elapsed in this war, until at length Artashir, being defeated, was obliged to quit Persia, and flee into India. Khosrove then returned to Atropatia and built a city in that country, which he called Davrej, that is, built to perpetuate the remembrance of the vengeance he had taken on Artashir. After finishing this work he went into the country of Uti. Artashir the Sasanian seeing that whilst Khos- a* >>• 255. rove was in existence he could not hope to reign ever Persia, determined to endeavoiir to destroy his enemy by treachery. For this purpose he offered a great sum of money to any of his chiefs who would undertake to assassinate the Armenian monarch. A chief of the name of Anak, of the tribe of the Surenian Pahlavies^ tempted by the rich reward, accepted the com- mission, and immediately prepared to execute it. Pretending to be hostile to the interests of Artashir, he, with his family, came and settled in Armenia. He first arrived in the province of Arta2, and resided for a short time in the very place where the remains of St. Thaddeus ibe apostle lie. Here it was that Ogohey the

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