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Toros I (Armenian: Թորոս Ա) also Thoros I (unknown – 1129 / February 17 1129 – February 16 1130) was the third lord of Armenian Cilicia or “Lord of the Mountains” (c. 1100 / 1102 / 1103 – 1129 / 1130).His alliance with the leaders of the First Crusade helped him rule his feudal holdings with commanding authority. Toros ejected the small Byzantine garrisons from Sis (today Kozan in Turkey) and Anazarbus and he established his capital at Sis.

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