Melik
Esayi
(Sa'i),
the
head
of
the
mahal
of
Dizak,
renowned
for
his
courage,
had
numerous
battles
against
Panah
Khan.
Once
in
a
battle
thelatter
was
defeated
by
Melik
Esayi:
he
destroyed
his
army
and
Khan
fled
to
Bayat
and
spentalmost
a
month
in
the
woods,
sleeping
on
grass
and
leaves.
(83a)
In
a
while,
Panah
Khanassembled
his
troops
with
the
help
of
Haji
Chelebi
and
proceeded
with
his
war
againstMelik
Esayi.
Soon,
through
the
mediation
of
negotiators
the
hostility
ended
in
apeaceful
agreement.
As
Melik
Esayi
was
a
humble,
honest,
and
self-confident
man,
he
wentto
Panah
Khan
with
some
of
his
men
from
village
elders,
and
Panah
Khan
insidiouslyarrested
him
and
murdered.
He
persecuted
and
victimized
all
his
sons
and
seized
theirwealth.
Some
of
them
[his
sons]
ran
away,
others
adopted
Islam
to
save
their
lives.
Currently,
some
of
his
descendants
are
both
of
Moslem
and
some
-
of
Christian
faith.
Also,
there
was
misunderstanding
between
the
grandson
of
Ulubab
andPanah
Khan.
The
former
gathered
his
people
from
different
villages
in
the
fortress
ofBalluqaya
and
unleashed
war
against
Panah
Khan.
Panah
Khan
attacked
the
fortress.
Therewas
a
severe
battle.
He
captured
the
fortress
and
massacring
the
majority
of
its
defendersbuilt
a
minaret
with
their
heads.
Afterwards
Meliks'
people
submitted
to
Panah
Khanserved
him
and
obeyed
his
orders.
At
the
beginning
of
Panah
Khan's
rule
Melik
Allah-qoli
of
Jraberdwent
to
Amaras
to
meet
him
with
the
intention
of
improving
his
situation.
At
that
timeHeidar-qoli
Khan,
the
governor
of
Nakhichevan,
was
Panah
Khan's
guest.
SeeingAllah-qoli
Soltan's
sublimity
and
majestic
carriage,
he
said
to
Panah
Khan:
"Such
a
celebrated
person
will
not
serve
you
and
no
two
dukes
should
rule
(83b)
acountry.
The
way
out
is
to
stab
him
with
your
dagger
and
color
the
black
land
of
Amarasred
with
his
blood.
Panah
Khan
took
Heidar-qoli
Khan's
counsel:
he
had
Allah-qoliSoltan
arrested
and
murdered.
As
a
result
a
struggle
began
between
Allah-qoliSoltan's
relatives
and
Panah
Khan.
His
brother
Hatam
decided
to
take
revenge
on[khan]
and
unleashed
war
against
[khan].
He
fought
with
Melik
Hovsep
[of
Talish],
who
hadkilled
his
Uncle
Melik
Hatam
and
seized
the
post
of
the
melik.
They
had
armed
clashes
andskirmishes
with
Panah
Khan.
They
settled
down
in
Jermuk,
a
fortress
that
turned
to
betheir
refuge.
The
repeated
attacks
of
Panah
Khan
ended
in
failure.
Nevertheless
theirharvests
were
destroyed
and
the
fields
trampled
under
the
hoofs
of
passing
cavalries.
Theyfought
and
struggled
in
this
way
against
Panah
Khan
for
four
or
five
years,
sometimesalienating
with
his
enemies
and
causing
great
damages
to
his
power.
A
certain
Arzuman
is
said
to
have
a
group
of
brave
warriors
around
himand
perform
feats
of
valor
there.
Once
Panah
Khan
said
to
the
father
of
Arzuman:
"Whydon't
you
counsel
your
son
to
calm
down
and
give
up
his
evil
deeds?"
He
answered:
"He
is
not
my
son,
because
if
he
were,
he
would
allownobody
to
get
out
of
the
fortress
of
Shushi".
One
day
Panah
Khan
sent
Cheragh
Beg
to
capture
Arzuman
with
a
group
ofcavalry.
On
hearing
this,
Arzuman
attacked
and
defeated
his
cavalry
and
had
himcaught.
The
next
day
he
made
a
target
of
him
[Cheragh],
saying:
"Either
admit,
thatJesus
is
the
only
God
or
I'll
shoot".
Cheragh
admitted
this
and
was
set
free.
When
he
came
to
Panah
Khan,
hewas
reproached:
"You
should
be
ashamed
to
call
Jesus
the
only
God
to
save
yourlife".
Cheragh
explained:
"Oh,
Khan
if
you
saw
Arzuman
in
all
hisgrandeur
and
sublimity
you'd
call
him
a
god,
too".
Thus
despite
the
discrepancies
among
the
Armenians,
they
fought
for
along
time
until
Panah
and
his
son
Ibrahim
Khans
could
gradually
strengthen
their
positionand
oppress
them.
Melik
Hatam
and
Melik
Hovsep
were
forced
to
leave
their
native
land
andmake
their
escape
to
Ganje.
They
had
stayed
in
Shamkhor
for
seven
years.
During
AqaMuhammad
Khan's
invasion
to
Karabagh
Melik
Mejnun,
Melik
Hatam's
son
joined
himand
fought
in
the
war
against
Ibrahim
Khan.
