4 ▁he ▁was ▁named ▁the ▁ 1 1 0 th ▁C athol icos ▁of ▁the ▁Armen ian ▁Church . ▁ ▁Abraham ▁III ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁throne ▁at ▁a ▁vol atile ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁region . ▁N ader ▁Shah ▁of ▁Pers ia ▁was ▁recon quest ing ▁areas ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁lost ▁by ▁his ▁prede cess ors ▁to ▁the ▁Ott om ans ▁including ▁Armen ia . ▁Abraham ▁wrote ▁a ▁chron icle ▁of ▁N ader ' s ▁campaign ▁against ▁the ▁Tur ks ▁and ▁of ▁his ▁coron ation ▁as ▁Shah ▁when ▁in ▁the ▁area . ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁helpful ▁history ▁because ▁it ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁non - Pers ian ▁sources ▁about ▁these ▁years ▁in ▁the ▁Trans c au cas us . ▁Abraham ▁wrote ▁that ▁many ▁villages ▁had ▁been ▁left ▁dest itute ▁by ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁invasion ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁area ▁was ▁suffer ingly ▁greatly . ▁Abraham ▁was ▁invited ▁as ▁a ▁guest ▁of ▁honor ▁at ▁N ader ' s ▁coron ation ▁and ▁Armen ian ▁princes ▁were ▁granted ▁aut onomy . ▁Abraham ▁recorded ▁detailed ▁convers ations ▁he ▁had ▁with ▁the ▁Shah , ▁most ▁likely ▁partly ▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁a ▁record ▁of ▁the ▁many ▁privileges ▁granted ▁to ▁Armen ians ▁by ▁the ▁sh ah ▁and ▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁an ▁example ▁to ▁the ▁Ott om ans ▁who ▁also ▁ruled ▁over ▁a ▁large ▁Armen ian ▁population . ▁N ader ▁Shah ▁visited ▁the ▁Armen ian ▁mother ▁church ▁of ▁Et ch mi ad zin ▁and ▁re conf ir med ▁its ▁tax - ex empt ▁status . ▁ ▁Abraham ▁III ▁died ▁in ▁April ▁