In 714 A.E. [1265] On Friday, December 25th paron O'shin died. He was the brother of the Armenian king, and the lord of Kur'ikos. The same year a son was born to King Het'um.
In 715 A.E. [1266] Sultan Bunduqdar of Egypt took Safad (Sawe't) and Arasus from the Templars.
Samn al-Mawt (Sme'nlmo't') with troops of the infidels destroyed the Armenian forces in Mari and captured paron Lewon, the Armenian king's son, and killed T'oros, the other son. And they entered the country of the Armenians, enslaving and laying waste as far as Bardzerbert' and Adana.
The count of Jaffa, Sir John [of Ibelin](Chuan), died. In the same year a daughter, Fimi, was born to the Armenian king.
In 716 A. E. [1267] the Genoese, with 28 galleys burned Acre and in their turn the Venetians took 5 galleys from them. The crown prince of Cyprus, Ket', died and Hugh de Lusignan (Oyk d Lazo'reayn) [King Hugh III, 1267-1284] was made king.
In 717 A.E. [1268] Bunduqdar, sultan of Egypt, took Jaffa and demolished Beaufort (Piafo'rd).
And again he took Antioch (Antak') and demolished it.
They ordained Lord Yakob as kat'oghikos [Hakob I Klayets'i, 1268-1286]. And the Armenian king's son, Lewon, was freed from Egypt.
King Charles [of Anjou] defeated Conradin and killed him.
[11] In 718 A.E. [1269] Sarvandik'ar and Hamus collapsed from an earthquake. In the same year King Lewon of the Armenians had a daughter, Sibyl (Spil).
In 719 A.E. [1270] the king of France [Louis IX] besieged Tunis and died there. And his son, Phillipe [III, 1270-1285], ruled as king. Het'um, king of the Armenians, died and his son, Lewon, ruled.
Sultan Bunduqdar took K'rat of the Hospitallers, and Chastel Blanc (Aspe'l Plank) from the Templars and Gibelacar (Chplakar) from its prince and Montfort from the Germans and a fortress from the Assassins. [g83]
Fourteen Tachik galleys were destroyed at the island of Cyprus and 3,000 Tachik captives were taken. Sir Edward (O'tawart), son of the English king, came to Acre. Grigoris [Gregory X, 1271-1276] was elected pope of Rome. He came along with Sir Edward on pilgrimage and was there with him in Acre. Afterwards they took him to Rome for the papacy.
King Lewon's son, T'oros, was born.
In 721 A.E. [1272] five knife-wielding Assassins attacked Sir Edward at the fortress of Acre. And in the same year he arose and returned to his own land. King Lewon's son, Ruben, was born. The lord of Mulo'von, Sir Lewon, and Ape"lgharip rebelled and [were] seized by [the] Pervane (P'arvana) [Mu'in al-Din Sulaiman] and [the] T'at'ar[s]. Paron Smbat [the] Constable (Gundustapl) went to the Mongol Arghu[n], concerning/for King Lewon. In the same year the Assassins attacked paron Vahram. The son-in-law of King Lewon rebelled at Sirik and went to P'arvana and to Arghun-Khan, concerning the paron of the kingdom.
In 722 A.E. [1273] Pope Grigor convened an ecumenical council in the city of Lyon. Prince Bohemond and his son, the other Bohemond, died which ended the genealogy of princes from his line. In the same year the Armenian king Lewon's daughter, Zape'l, was born.
In 723 A.E. [1274] Bunduqdar, the sultan of Egypt, entered the land of the Armenians and seized Masakandara and destroyed the country from Marash to Ko'r'iko's.
Julian, lord of Sidon, died.
[12] In 725 A.E. [1276] King Lewon's [children], the twins Smbat and Spil, were born.
In 726 A.E. [1277] six galleys of King Charles [of Anjou] came to Acre and ruled in Acre through his lords, and Charles was called the king of Jerusalem.
In the same year the Armenian king Lewon's [son], Kostand, was born.
In 727 A.E. [1278] King Lewon's twins, Rita and Stephanie (Ut'ifano'), were born. In 728 A.E. [1279] King Lewon's [son], Nerse's, was born.
In 731 A.E. [1282] Arghun-Khan's brother, Mongke-Temur (Manko' Tamo'r), took his Mongol troops and warred against Sultan al-Alfi [al-Mansur Saif-al-Din Kalawun al-Alfi, 1279-1290] (Alfi) of Egypt at the gates of Homs; and many infidels were killed. [g84]
And it happened that the Mongols were put to flight, as a result of which more than 2,000 [allied] Christians were lost from the Armenian forces.
In 732 A.E. [1283] the Turkmens ruled Mano'n, after besieging it for five years.
Abagha-Khan and his brother Mongke-Temur (Manko' Tamo'r) died, and Ahmat [Teguder Ahmed] sat as khan.
In the same year, King Lewon's [children], the twins O'shin and Alinax, were born.
In 733 A.E. [1284] [the fortress of] Anemor (Anamor'r') was taken by the Turks. The king of Cyprus, Hugh de Lusignan [Hugh III, 1268-1284], died and his son, John [I, 1284-1285], became king.
In 734 A.E. [1285] my mother, the Armenian queen Ker'an, who was spiritually most praiseworthy as well as physically beautiful, passed to Christ on August 29th.
In 734 A.E. [1285] Ahmad-Khan was killed and Abagha's son, Arghun [1284-1291], was seated as khan.
John, king of Cyprus, died and his brother, Henry [II, 1285-1306], became king. The sultan of Egypt, al-Alfi, took Marqab (Marghap) from the Hospitallers.
In 735 A.E. [1286] Phillipe, king of France, died and his son, Phillipe, became king. The king of Aragon (Arakon), Pere (P'er'), died and his son, Alfon[so], became king. Henry, king of Cyprus, went to Acre and forcibly took it and its baronate, with the support of King Charles [II]. Thence he went to Syria and ruled as king of Jerusalem.
In 736 A.E. [1287] al-Alfi, the sultan of Egypt, took Laodike (Latik) from [its] prince. And in the same year paron T'oros' sister was established as king of Cyprus.
Sicilian galleys destroyed Charles' son and his princes on the seas.
[13] In 737 A.E. [1288] on February 6th the pious King Lewon was translated to Christ, and his senior son, Het'um, sat on the throne of the paronate. [g85]
In 738 A.E. [1289] Arghun-Khan died and his brother Geikhatu [1291-1295] (K'eghart'u) sat [as khan].
In the same year paron T'oros' son, Lewon, was born.
Sultan al-Alfi took Tripoli from the Christians.
In 739 A.E. [1290] al-Alfi, the sultan of Egypt, died and his son, Ashraf [al-Ashraf Khalil], became sultan.
In 740 A.E. [1291] Sultan Ashraf of Egypt took Acre from the Christians and the Christians, surrendered Tyre, Sidon, Beirut and Tartus (Atrtuz), and Astel Blur [Castellum peregrinorum] without a fight.
And in this year the rule of Christians in Sehle'[Sahil, (Levantine) coast] was terminated.
In 741 A.E. [1292] Sultan Ashraf of Egypt took the patriarchal fortress of Hr'omkla and captured the kat'oghikos, Lord Step'annos. For [achieving] friendship, Het'um, king of the Armenians, gave up the impregnable fortress of Behesni [Besni].
In this year, the date [for the celebration] of Easter deviated [from its norm], for the Syrians, the Syrian Nestorians, and a portion of the Armenians strayed.
[14] In 742 A.E. [1293] Sultan Ashraf was slain by his servants and Ket-Bugha (K'it'pugha) became the sultan. Het'um, king of the Armenians, gave [the Cilician] kingdom to his brother, T'oros, and he himself became a cleric in Christ.
In Ayas twelve Genoese galleys battled with thirty-two galleys and with triremes of the Venetians and won from them twenty-four vessels of the triremes and galleys.
There was a conspiracy against King Het'um by his princes, who were the principal parons [of the land]: Het'um, lord of Kur'ikos and his brother Oshin, lord of Kanch' and many other Armenian princes. And in the same year King Het'um's sister was married to the brother of the king of Cyprus, Sir Amaury (Amar'i). This was with the intercession of the Armenian and Frank churches and his son-in-law, the lord of Tyre and Sir Otto de Grand[i]son (O'tkraso'n) and other Armenian and Frank princes. [g86]
Once again, Het'um assumed his crown and [rule over] the kingdom of the Armenians. And he established Lord Grigor [Grigor VII, Anavarzets'i, 1293-1307] as kat'oghikos of the Armenians.
In 743 A.E. [1294] Geikhatu [1291-1295] (K'eghat'u-Khan) was slain and Baidu was enthroned. And in the same year Baidu was slain and Arghun's son, Ghazan [1295-1304], was seated as khan.
In the same year King Het'um went to Baidu and discovered that Baidu had been killed and that Ghazan had been seated as khan.
In the same year the marshal of the Armenians, paron O'shin, son of Kostandin, lord of Lambron, died. And in the same year his sister, Rita, became empress of all Constantinople. In the same year paron Het'um, lord of Kur'ikos, and his brother paron O'shin, died.
In 745 A.E. [1296] King Het'um gave his kingdom to his brother, paron T'oros. In the same year there was a conspiracy of the Armenian princes. The leaders of this were paron O'shin, the seneschal, son of paron Smbat Constable, and paron O'shin Bakureants', who was the court aspasalar, and many other princes and horsemen. Het'um, king of the Armenians, and his brother paron T'oros, gave the paronate to paron Smpat' and they themselves went off to Constantinople.
In the same year a [Mongol] official [named Sulemish] warred against Ghazan.
[Ghazan's general], Qutlugh-Shah (Paron Xut'uz shah) came against him and fought with his chief who was named Arap. He defeated Sulamish and made him flee to Ashraf's son and thence to a remote island.
The Genoese fought with the Venetians and killed the bailli and 56 other souls among others, in the city of Constantinople which they took and thoroughly looted.
In the same year Sultan Ket-Bugha was slain and Husam al-Din Lachin (Hiwsamatin Alchin) sat as sultan.
And in the same year there was a war between the cavalry of the Frankish king and the cavalry of the English king.[g87]
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