They
descend
from
sub-tribe
Sarijallu,
an
offshoot
of
Javanshir
tribe.
Others
say
they
were
from
a
Tatar
tribe:
one
of
the
significant
members
of
the
tribe
lefthis
native
land,
came
to
Georgia
and
settled
in
the
fortress
of
Lori.
He
served
the
khansof
Ganje,
when
they
were
still
powerful.
Afterwards
he
came
and
joined
the
tribe
ofJavanshir
in
Karabagh.
There
he
married
and
a
son
was
born
to
him,
who
was
namedAli.
Since
Ali
was
yellowish,
he
was
called
Sarije
Ali.
He
was
wealthy,
therefore
a
great
number
of
workers
and
servants
gathered
around
him.
Their
group
was
alsocalled
Sarije
'Ali.
His
son
Ibrahim
Aqa
inherited
all
his
fortune
and
increased
it.
Their
inheritance
included
the
garden
at
Aghdam,
a
land
estate
and
pastures
in
Arasbar
anda
large
number
of
cattle.
The
name
of
Ibrahim
Khalil
is
inscribed
at
the
summer
quarter
ofQalaq.
When
Nadir
Shah
conscripted
a
troop
from
Javanshir
tribe,
he
took
FazlAli
beg,
the
eldest
son
of
Ibrahim
Khalil,
named
as
a
soldier
of
his
ishikaqasi.
Soon
he
was
killed
in
a
battle,
so
[Nadir]
summoned
his
younger
brother,
Panah
Aliand
appointed
him
at
the
post
of
a
herald.
Some
time
afterwards
Panah
Ali
left
hisservice
and
ran
away
to
Karabagh.
He
lived
there
hiding.
The
infuriated
Nadir
Shah
orderedthe
amirs
and
beglarbegs
of
Azerbaijan,
Shirvan,
and
othercountries
to
catch
him
and
send
him
back,
but
they
failed
to
catch
him.
[Panah
Alistayed
in
this
situation]
until
the
year
of
1161,
when
the
news
about
Nadir
Shah'smurder
spread.
Panah
Ali
Beg
came
out
of
his
refuge,
surrounded
by
a
crowd
of
histribesmen
and
relatives
and
began
committing
unauthorized
actions.
He
treated
theJavanshir,
Otuziki,
Kiabirli
tribes,
returned
from
Khorasan
together
with
the
tribes
ofGeorgia,
well,
gave
them
areas
to
live
and
kept
under
his
protection.
He
gathered
a
groupof
eminent
young
men
and
started
to
skirmish
with
everybody.
Ali-qoli
Khan,
Nadir
Shah's
nephew
reigned
after
hisuncle's
death.
He
appointed
Amir
Aslan
Khan
Qirqillu
to
the
post
of
governorand
Commander-in-Chief
of
Azerbaijan.
When
the
new
governor
heard
of
Panah
Ali
Beg,
he
wanted
to
see
him.
They
met
and
he
suggested
to
him
[Panah
Ali]
to
submit
toAli
Shah.
Panah
Ali
found
it
expedient
to
admit.
Amir
Aslan
Khan
reportedabout
this
to
Ali
Shah
and
brought
him
khal'at,
swords
and
raqam
ofkhanate.
Then
Panah
Khan
thought,
that
as
he
had
just
begun
to
rule,
he
needed
afortress
to
serve
as
a
safe
refuge
in
cases
of
danger.
That
is
why,
in
1752/1162
he
put
upa
fortress
at
Bayat,
fortified
its
walls
and
settled
there.
At
the
meantime,
those
whoenvied
him:
the
people
of
Otuziki,
Javanshir
and
Khamsa
meliks
of
Karabagh,
sent
an
appealto
Haji
Chelebi,
the
governor
of
Shirvan
from
Shirvanshahs'
family.
They
explicatedto
him,
that
Panah
Khan
had
become
the
ruler
of
Karabagh,
was
building
a
fortress
andstrengthening
his
hands.
They
incited
war,
warning
him
not
lose
the
time
or
else
he
wouldnot
be
able
to
resist
him
in
future.
Responding
to
their
appeal,
Haji
Chelebi
recruited
a
big
army
from
Jar,
Baylakan
(Balakan)
and
Shirvan,
and
began
a
campaign
against
Panah
Khan.
The
latterdemonstrated
resistance
with
his
men
in
the
fortress
of
Bayat.
It
was
a
hard
war
and
HajiChelebi
was
unable
to
defeat
Panah
Khan,
so
he
returned
without
attaining
his
aim.
On
hisway
back,
he
said
the
following:
"Until
now
Panah
Khan
was
merely
a
gold,
we
came
andminted
a
coin
of
the
gold".
These
words
turned
to
a
proverb
among
the
people.
Afterwards
in
1165/1755
Panah
Khan
found
a
better
spot
for
new
fotressShahbulagh
in
Tarnakiut
and
came
there
to
build
it
on
the
slope
of
a
hill.
He
designed
theproject
of
its
buildings,
mosques,
markets,
and
bathhouses,
and
built
a
safe
refuge.
Thenstarted
to
find
fault
with
the
meliks
of
Jraberd
and
Talish
and
clashed
with
them.
At
that
time
there
were
disagreements
between
the
meliks
of
Khamsa
onaccount
of
the
election
of
their
chief,
to
whom
the
others
had
to
obey.
Melik
Shahnazarassassinated
his
Uncle
Melik
Huseyn
seized
from
him
the
post
of
melik
and
became
the
headof
Varanda
district.
Khamsa
meliks,
enraged
by
this,
made
their
forces
ready
to
attackhim.
Melik
Shahnazar
fortified
himself
in
Avetaranots
village:
he
fenced
it
off
with
wallsto
defend
himself.
Meliks
being
unable
to
seize
Avetaranots,
plundered
the
district
ofVaranda
and
came
back
with
the
intention
to
attack
it
the
next
year
and
punish
MelikShahnazar.
Melik
Shahnazar
felt
his
weakness
against
the
united
power
of
meliksand,
to
escape
from
meliks'
rage,
was
compelled
to
rely
on
Panah
Khan
and
submit
tohim.
