TÜRKMENSHAHS IN ERMENISTAN

493-604                 According to the Islamic Calendar

1110-1207             According to the Gregorian Calendar

Sokmen-el Kutbi was the slave of Kutbeddin Ismail, who was a Seljuk Türkmen and the ruler of the Azerbaijani city of Maranda. His name originates from this relationship. In 1100 (493), Sokmen-el Kutbi took the city of Helat in Armenia from Merwaniler. The city of Helat was under the control of