Original sentence: Engaged in a Byzantine military service since at least the early 1060s, he served in Georgia, Armenia, and Syria.He was a son of Bakuri (Pakourianos), Georgian noble from the Tao/Tayk region which had been annexed by the Byzantines since 1001
Edited sentence: "born of a noble family in Armenia" (The Alexiad, E.According Anna Comnena he was.According to N.Gregory Pakourianos was engaged in a Byzantine military service since at least the early 1060s, he served in Armenia, Georgia, and Syria.Marr (Н.Sewter translation, p.Марр), Arutiunovoj - Fidanian (Арутюновoй - Фиданян), and Nina Garsoian he was a Chalcedonic Armenian