 Maererano naAbū Dulaf, mufambi wechiArabhu wenguva iyoyo, Khachen yaiva nzvimbo yeArmenian kumaodzanyemba kweBardaa. Mhuri youmambo yeArmenia yaHasan Jalalyan yakatanga kutonga chikamu chikuru cheKhachen neArtsakh muna 1214. Muna 1216, vaJalalyans vakatanga imba yemamongi yeGandzasar iyo yakava chigaro cheCatholicos yemuno yakamanikidzwa kuenda kuKhachen kubva kuPartav Barda nechiIslam chakatsiga cheguta. Hushe hweKhamsa Vashanu hwakachengetedza kuzvitonga kweArmenian mudunhu rose panguva yePersian-Ottoman Hondo. Muna 1603 vaPezhiya vakagadza dziviriro pamusoro peKhamsa uye vakatsigira kugadzwa kwe khanate yemuno muna 1750. 