History of the Armenians, Volumes 2-3

they drew their swords, slaughtering the multitude of the enemy, and they themselves, rushing into a place of the crowd, tried to escape.

There, Hamazasp was wounded mortally and fell from his horse; and surrounded by the enemies, they killed him. And Sahak, when he saw the killing of his brother, because of the great love he had for his brother, yielded himself to death; and falling down from his horse, he cut the tendons original: "կարթակոտոր" of his horse. And he himself, in a rage, fought alone and caused many to lie in corpses, until he sought vengeance for the blood of his brother. And then, defeated in battle, he finished his life. And thus perished the elite princes, who were the sons of Vahan Artsruni.

Then, after word reached their brother Gagik and other princes who were with them, they went to the place of battle with wailing and screaming; but they were not able to reach the enemies. They returned with lamentations and toil to bury the dead. But the enemies returned by the same road; which later, after a short time, fell into the hands of Gagik Artsruni, and Suleiman and many with him were killed.

1. He cut and broke the tendons of his own horse. It seems that knowing it was impossible to escape from such a multitude of enemies, he did not want to leave his faithful horse a captive to them, or he did not want to try to flee.