Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Iji ọgba aghara dị na Caliphate mgbe ọnwụ nke Harun al-Rashid na 809 na n'oge na-esote
Agha obodo, Ashot nwere ike ịgbasa ala ya na ikike ya. Ezinụlọ ọzọ nwere oké ọchịchọ, bụ́ ndị Alakụba Jahhafids, malitere ịma Ashot aka. Onye guzobere ezinụlọ ahụ, Jahhaf, bụ onye bịara ọhụrụ na Armenia onye guzobere ike dị ukwuu maka onwe ya site na ịsị ala Mamikonian site na ịlụ nwa nwanyị Mushegh VI Mamikonian, otu n'ime ndị isi Armenia gburu na Bagrevand. Ashot meriri Jahhafids ugboro abụọ na Taron na Arsharunik. N'ime usoro ahụ, ọ nwetaghị naanị Taron (nke Jahhaf weghaara n'aka Bagratid ọzọ, Vasak) na Arsharunik na Shirak (nke ọ zụtara na mbụ n'aka ndị Kamsarakans), kamakwa Ashotz, na ọwụwa anyanwụ Tayk. N'ịbụ ndị nwere nkụda mmụọ, Jahhaf na nwa ya nwoke bụ Abd al-Malik nupụrụ isi n'ihu ọha megide Caliphate site na ijide isi obodo Armenia, Dvin, na 813, ma na-enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma na-echebe gọvanọ caliphal na Bardaa. Ashot meriri ndị agha nke 5,000 nke Abd al-Malik zitere megide ya, na-egbu 3,000 n'ime ha, ebe nwanne Ashot bụ Shapuh wakporo gburugburu Dvin. Ka Abd al-Malik na-akwadebe ịga ije na ịlụso Shapuh ọgụ, ndị obodo ahụ nupụrụ isi ma gbuo ya.