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Sanesan () or Sanatruk () was the king of Maskut in the early 4th century. Sanesan's people, the Mazk'kut'k, have variously been identified as the Massagetae or as the Meskheti.

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Sanesan () or Sanatruk () was the king of Maskut in the early 4th century. Sanesan's people, the Mazk'kut'k, have variously been identified as the Massagetae or as the Meskheti.

== Life == According to both Faustus Byuzand and Moses of Chorene, when St.Grigoris arrived in the principality of Maskut (located along the northeastern Azerbaijani and south Dagestani shore of the Caspian Sea) to preach Christianity, its ruler of the local branch of Arsacids ordered him killed. Grigoris was trampled to death by mounted Maskut soldiers in the Vatnean Valley, near the present-day village of Nughdi 37 south of Derbent in . However, according to Faustus it was Sanesan, while Moses describes him as Sanatruk. Accorting do Murtazali Gadjiev, both Sanesan and Sanatruk are different figures, latter being a noble, former a king.

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