Having
finished
the
affairs
in
Nakhichevan,
Ibrahim
Khan
became
morepowerful.
Aqa
Muhammad
Khan,
though
became
successor
to
throne
of
Iran,
but
was
not
yetvery
strong.
Being
in
Fars
and
Shiraz,
[Ibrahim]
decided
to
subdue
the
district
of
Khoy.
Thus
in
1203
he
invaded
Khoy
with
a
huge
army
comprised
of
Lesghins
of
Jar
and
Avaria,
cherik
of
Karabagh,
and
Karadagh
troops.
Moving
from
one
station
to
another,
he
reached
Marandwith
his
countless
army.
Ja'far-qoli
Khan,
the
governor
of
Khoy
hurried
to
meet
themwith
his
troops.
Molla
Panah
Vaqef,
one
of
Ibrahim
Khan's
retainers,
who
was
a
goodastrologist,
foretold
conquest
of
Khoy
the
next
day.
The
armies
came
across
in
the
territory
of
Marand.
During
the
battlethe
commander
of
Khoy's
vanguard
charged
upon
the
rival
army's
commander
and
cuthis
head.
[Ibrahim
Khan's]
troops
could
resist
no
longer
and
ran
away.
Its
cherik
infantry
regiments
laid
down
arms
and
were
captured
and
robbed.
The
others
ran
back
totheir
lands
and
homes.
The
whole
of
Ibrahim
Khan's
army
and
wealth
was
plundered.
(92a)
Molla
Panah,
who
had
surmised
of
their
conquest
of
Khoy,
was
alsoimprisoned
and
brought
to
Khoy
with
several
other
noblemen.
There,
Farzi
Beg,
one
of
theprisoners,
told
him
angrily:
-You
told
that
we
should
get
into
the
city
as
conquerors
not
asprisoners.
The
prisoners
stayed
there
for
a
time,
then
Ibrahim
Khan
startednegotiations:
he
made
peace
with
Ja'far-qoli
Khan
and
had
him
set
his
men
free.
As
Ibrahim
Khan
was
the
chief
of
many
khans
and
governors,
he
tookhostages
their
children
and
relations
and
kept
them
in
Shushi.
Herakl,
the
Vali
ofGeorgia,
was
also
a
great
governor
and
the
head
of
some
khans.
At
first
they
were
infriendly
relations
and
always
consulted
about
their
problems,
considering
eachother's
opinions.
This
was
because
[Ibrahim]
Khan
was
in
alliance
with
Omar
Khan,
thegovernor
of
Avaria
and
Daghestan.
In
case
of
disagreements,
the
leaders
of
Daghestanimmediately
invaded
Georgia
with
their
troops
by
[Ibrahim's]
indication
and
plunderedit.
Thus,
in
1205,
taking
advantage
of
the
disagreements
between
the
Vali
and
Ibrahim,
Omar
Khan
invaded
Georgia
and
had
his
army
rob
the
country.
[He]
occupied
thefort
of
Giumushkhane,
massacred
the
majority
of
its
population,
and
the
rest
were
held
asprisoners.
Then
[Omar
Khan]
hurried
to
Soleyman
Pasha,
being
in
Akhaltshkha
and
spent
thewinter
there.
In
spring
came
back
and,
again,
invaded
the
land
of
Georgia.
On
the
way
hebesieged
the
fortress
Vahan
(Vakhan),
which
was
the
refuge
of
the
prince
Abashidze(Abashirza),
his
family
and
his
retinue.
After
a
battle,
he
captured
it,
killed
itsinhabitants,
imprisoned
some
of
them,
married
one
of
Abashidze's
daughters
and
sentthe
other,
Javahir
Khanum,
to
Ibrahim
Khan.
