Johannes Avdall History of Armenia, by Father Michael Chamich

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. His remains were afterwards brought to Ba garan, where they were interred with all the magnificence due to a monarch so much and so justly beloved. All the chiefs and bishops present at the capital appeared in the train of public mourners, beside a numberless concourse of clergy and laity, the whole attended with the solemnity and grandeur of a military procession. The troops also appeared in their peculiar costumes, and greatly added to the impressive nature of the scene. Three of his sons, David, Isaac, and Shapuh, followed their father's remains to the grave. His eldest son, Sumbat, was in Gugars, Abas his brother in Vanand.