Vardan names "Achot, fils d'Atrnerseh, fils de Vasac, fils d'Achot prince d'Arménie" when recording the establishment of the Bagratid dynasty in Georgia. Kirakos Ganjaketsis's History of Armenia records that "fifty-four years after the immolation of the Armenian princes in Naxchawan Ashot Bagratuni became marzpan of Armenia" and ruled for 17 years.
726/761. He was blinded on the orders of Grigor Mamikonean, although he continued to rule the country nominally despite his handicap.
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He became the marzpan of Armenia fifty-four years after the immolation of the Armenian princes in Naxchawan, the Arab massacre of nobles in 705, and ruled for seventeen years in 759. Marzpan of Armenia in Transcaucasia, between 759 and 776.
