Exile
In 854, according to Tovma Artsruni, Sahl Smbatjan and many other princes of Armenia (including Atrnerseh of Khachen and Esayi Abu-Muse of Ktish) were captured by Bugha al-Kabir, the Turkish commander of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mutawakkil, and exiled to Samarra. Atrnerseh would soon return to Sodk; the fate of Sahl Smbatjan is unknown, although he died sometime after 855.
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