...built the inner castle of the city of An\, and fortified all the places of importance he possessed. He derives his greatest fame, however, from his private...donations to the poor, that on his death not a single peace of money was found in his treasury. Hence he was surnamed the charitable. After the twenty-sixth...

...built the inner castle of the city of Ani, and fortified all the places of importance he possessed. He derives his greatest fame, however, from his private...his treasury. Hence he was surnamed the Charitable. After twenty -six years of reign, Ashod the Charitable died AD 977. Not long after, Abusahl, king of...

...indulging in kindliest familiarity with the poorest. He even invited the poor, the sick and the maimed to eat with him at his own table. So unbounded was he in his donations to the poor and distressed that on his death not a single piece of money was found in his treasury. Hence he was...