- Bilarghu
Bilarghu, also Pilargh'ou, was a
Mongol general of the rulerGhazan during the end of the 13th and the beginning of the 14th century.During the Mongol campaigns of 1299 in Syria, Bilarghu was put in charge of the rear-guard on the
Euphrates , in command of 10,000 men. [Receuil des historiens des Croisades, Documents Armeniens I, p.546]In 1303, following the Mongol defeat against the
Mamluks at theBattle of Shaqhab , Ghazan supplied 1,000 Mongols under Bilarghu to protectCilician Armenia against Mamluk incursions.In 1307, Bilarghu, who already had poor relations with Hethoum, was involved in an internal plot leading to his assassination of the Armenian rulers.
Hetoum II and Leon III had been advocating and organizing the fusion of the Church of Armenia and the Catholic Church, but had been under terrible internal opposition. The opposing faction went to see Bilarghu, and accused Hetoum of plotting an insurrection against the Mongols. On November 17th, Bilarghu decided to have them executed with their retinue when they visited him at Anazarva. [ [http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/CadresFenetre?O=NUMM-51557&I=677&M=imageseule Receuil des historiens des Croisades, Documents Armeniens I, p.548-549] ] [Mutafian, p.73]Oshin, brother of Hetoum, immediately marched against Bilarghu and vanquished him, forcing him to leave Cilicia. Oshin was crowned new king of the kingdom of Cilician Armenia.
Bilargu was executed by
Oljeitu for his crime at the request of the Armenians. [ [http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/CadresFenetre?O=NUMM-51557&I=793&M=imageseule Receuil des Historiens des Croisades, Documents Armeniens I, p.664] ]ee also
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Armeno-Mongol alliance Notes
References
*Claude Mutafian, "Le Royaume Armenien de Cilicie"
*Receil des Historiens des Croisades, Documents Armeniens I, 14th century.
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