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persons. He also slaughtered thousands of the other inhabitants of that province, insomuch, say the old records, that the earth was drunk with the blood of innocent men. From Cachen he proceeded to the province of Uti and the country of the Gardmans. He laid seige to the castle of the chief Carich, the betrayer of Vasak, and having taken it, loaded him with chains, after massacring most of his followers. He also captured Stephen, surnamed Con, chief of the Sevordies, and destroyed his city named Tus. Bulah then marched to the country of the Aluans, marking the whole of his route with blood, and desolating the country like a pestilence as he advanced. Isaiah, the chief of the Aluans, with all his family, together with almost all the chiefs of his nation, fell into the hands of the destroyer, the country exhibiting more the appearance of a slaughter-house, than a place of residence for human beings. From thence Bulah proceeded to Tiflis, where he crucified Isaac the chief of Vanand, and martyred Mockathel of the same tribe. He then returned to Duin, accompanied by his captives, led in the most degrading form of slavery, and on his arrival at that city, he assembled together all the prisoners whom he had taken in Armenia, and then set out on his return to Bagdad. The government was delivered over