) ▁was ▁the ▁provincial ▁capital ▁and ▁the ▁seat ▁of ▁the ▁Saf avid ▁govern ors . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁Saf avid ▁period , ▁it ▁had ▁the ▁following ▁administrative ▁juris dict ions ; ▁Bay az id , ▁Mag h az ber d , ▁M aku , ▁N akh ch ivan , ▁Sad ar ak , ▁Sh ad id lu , ▁Zar uz bil , ▁and ▁the ▁trib al ▁district ▁of ▁the ▁Don bol is . ▁ ▁The ▁provinces ▁of ▁E riv an ▁and ▁Q arab agh ▁were ▁the ▁two ▁administrative ▁territ ories ▁that ▁made ▁up ▁Iran ian ▁Armen ia . ▁ ▁History ▁The ▁alternate ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁province , ▁Ch ok h ur - e ▁Sa ' d , ▁had ▁been ▁in ▁use ▁since ▁the ▁four teenth ▁century . ▁The ▁name ▁is ▁derived ▁from ▁a ▁certain ▁Am ir ▁Sa ' d , ▁the ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁Turk ic ▁Sa ' d lu ▁tribe , ▁who ▁had ▁accompanied ▁Tim ur ▁from ▁Central ▁Asia . ▁The ▁Sa ' d lu ' s ▁had ▁become ▁prominent ▁under ▁their ▁leader , ▁Am ir ▁Sa ' d , ▁and ▁settled ▁in ▁the ▁E riv an ▁area , ▁where ▁Am ir ▁Sa ' d ▁became ▁the ▁governor ▁of ▁the ▁area . ▁Ch ok h ur - e ▁Sa ' d ▁literally ▁means ▁" V ale ▁of ▁Sa ' d ". ▁ ▁Historic ▁Armen ia , ▁which ▁included ▁the ▁territory ▁of ▁the ▁E riv an ▁Province , ▁made ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Saf avid ▁Empire ▁from ▁its ▁earliest ▁days .