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Rh Khosrove set about organizing an army, agreeably to the military establishment during the reign of his father Tiridates. Mihran, the Georgian king, was appointed to the command of the troops in the north; Manachihr, chief of the Rushtunians, of those in the south; Bagarat, a Bagratian noble, of those in the west ; and Vahan, the Amatunian chief, of those in the east. After these arrangements Manachihr was sent against the rebel Bacur, the consul of Alznies, assisted by the troops of Cilicia, brought into Armenia by Antiochus. Vahan was dispatched to reduce Atropatia, taking with him, in addition to his own divisions the troops of Galatia. Antiochus then, after having joined the two divisions of Mihran and Bagarat, and added to them his Grecian troops, marched against Sanatruk. The latter, not daring to await the approach of the combined armies, Bed into Persia, to Shapuh, taking with him many of the chiefs of the Aluans. Antiochus then stationed the Armenian troops on the boundaries of that country, to intercept the rebel chief should he venture to return, and having collected the usual tribute, proceeded to Constantinople.

Manichihr's expedition met with still greater success. He encountered Bacur, defeated, and killed him, capturing his son and daughter, the former of whom was named Hesha, whom be