Abul Gharib

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Magister Abul Gharib Arsruni (Apnelgaripes, Abelgarib, Aplłarib Artsruni, Abu 'lgharib Artsuni) from Vaspurakan , son of Hassan and grandson of Chach'ik Kuln (Xacîʿk) (Smbat) or son of Xacîʿk (Vardan), was a Byzantine statalter from 1042 Cilicia with seat in Tarsus . He was of Armenian descent, but belonged to the Greek Orthodox Church, which made him unpopular with his Monophysite compatriots. After Vardan Arewelci , he controlled Missis , Adana , Lampron and Barbaron . According to Kurkijan, he was a relative of the Oshin of Lampron.

His daughter was married to David, the son of the Bagratid Gagik II , who ruled Kaesarea ( Kayseri ) and was a bitter enemy of the Romanians. According to the historian Vardan Arewelcʿi , Abul Gharib captured David because he did not like him. His father tried to free him, but was strangled on the way, and David was poisoned by Abul Gharib. Kirakos , however, reports that Gagik was killed by the three sons of Pantaleon from Kybistra / Kyzistra and that his body was displayed on the ramparts of the castle. His troops then dispersed.

Abul Gharib's other daughter married Galeran von Le Puiset , a follower of Baldwin II of Edessa , who also did not end well.

Abul Gharibs died in 1080.

A seal of Aplłarib was found in Lebanon near Tarsos . It shows St. George with the inscription »῾Ο ἅγιος Γεώργιος. / (Κύριε βοήθει τῷ σῷ δούλῳ ᾿Απνελγαρίπῃ βέστῃ) «(" St. George, help your servant the magister Apnelgaripes ".)

literature

  • Ara Edmond Dostourian: Armenia and the crusades, tenth to twelfth centuries . Lanham, University Press of America, 1993,.
  • Robert W. Thomson: The Historical Compilation of Vardan Arewelc . Dumbarton Oaks Papers 43,1989: 125-226.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vahan M. Kurkjian, A History of Armenia, published by the Armenian General Benevolent Union of America 1958, http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Asia/Armenia/_Texts/KURARM/home. html
  2. ↑ Sir Anthony Richard Wagner: Pedigree and Progress . essays in the genealogical interpretation of history. In: page 39 . Phillimore, London 1975, ISBN 0-85033-198-6 , pp. 333 .
  3. ↑ Apnelgaripes, magistros Boulloterion 452. Retrieved February 13, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Abul Gharib
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abul Gharib Arsruni (full name); Apnelgaripes (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Byzantine governor of Cilicia
DATE OF BIRTH before 1042
DATE OF DEATH 11th century or 12th century