Prince Ashot III "the Blind" of Armenia

He became the marzpan of Armenia fifty-four years after the immolation of the Armenian princes in Naxchawan, the Arab massacre of nobles in 705, and ruled for seventeen years in 759. Marzpan of Armenia in Transcaucasia, between 759 and 776

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Ashot III Bagratuni also known as Ashot the Blind (Armenian: Աշոտ Կուրացյալ) (c. 690 – 762) was a member of the Bagratuni family who was presiding prince of Armenia as ishkhan from 732 to 748. He was the nephew of Smbat VI Bagratuni.

He won the favour of the Umayyad Caliphate by defeating one of the emirs who had revolted against Damascus and attacked Armenia. His ascension signaled the coming to power of the Bagratids. He was blinded by the rival nobles of the Mamikonian clan. The new power of Armenia had reached such a level that the country, at short notice, could summon an army of 90,000 men, ready to be sent out to battle.

He had two sons, Smbat VII Bagratuni and Vasak Bagratuni.

References

• https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achot_III_Bagratouni
• 1. Christian Settipani, Continuité des élites à Byzance durant les siècles obscurs. Les princes caucasiens et l'Empire du vie au ixe siècle, Paris, de Boccard, 2006, 634 p. [d%C3%A9tail des éditions] (ISBN 978-2-7018-0226-8), p. 335-7.
• 2. René Grousset, L'Empire du Levant : Histoire de la Question d'Orient, Paris, Payot, coll. « Bibliothèque historique », 1949 (réimpr. 1979), 648 p. (ISBN 978-2-228-12530-7), p. 129.
• 3. Christian Settipani, op. cit., p. 337.