Translations:Koxor/8/en

By the mid-11th century BCE, successive weak kings had caused Tugrite control to falter. When King Kulipne III (r. c. 1043 – c. 1030 BCE) died, a civil war split the empire between his four sons. A confederation of Ghazvan tribes under a leader probably called Tseghan took advantage of this instability and invaded, burning the Tugrite capital to the ground and taking control of the empire in c. 1025 BCE. During this time, the Imeniska, the second book of the Khorensi holy text, was written, the beginning of which describes a century of oppression of Khorensi worshippers by the invaders. The historical reliability of this is disputed: in reality, Tseghan probably died around 30 years after the conquest, and his kingdom crumbled soon after. The Imeniska also describes a figure called Deketi who drove out the Ghazvans and allowed the Khorensi and their prophet Imen to live in peace. Though Deketi probably existed, it is more likely that the invaders left of their own accord once their king had died.