war iz m ▁Shah ▁J al al ▁ad - din ▁who ▁held ▁A zer ba ij an ▁until ▁the ▁advent ▁of ▁the ▁Mong ol ▁invas ions . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁century , ▁large ▁parts ▁of ▁A zer ba ij an ▁were ▁conquer ed ▁by ▁the ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁Georgia , ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁led ▁by ▁T amar ▁the ▁Great . ▁Under ▁the ▁command ▁of ▁the ▁brothers ▁Zak aria ▁and ▁I v ane ▁M k har gr dz eli , ▁the ▁Georg ians ▁conquer ed ▁Ar d abil ▁and ▁Tab riz ▁in ▁ 1 2 0 8 , ▁and ▁Q az vin ▁and ▁K ho y ▁in ▁ 1 2 1 0 . ▁ ▁Mong ols ▁and ▁Tur km ens ▁The ▁Mong ols ▁under ▁H ul agu ▁Khan ▁established ▁their ▁capital ▁at ▁Mar ag he h . ▁The ▁book ▁Saf ina - yi ▁Tab riz ▁describes ▁the ▁general ▁state ▁of ▁Tab riz ▁during ▁the ▁Il k han id ▁period . ▁After ▁being ▁conquer ed ▁by ▁Tim ur ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 4 th ▁century , ▁Tab riz ▁became ▁an ▁important ▁provincial ▁capital ▁of ▁the ▁Tim ur id ▁emp ire . ▁Later , ▁Tab riz ▁became ▁the ▁capital ▁of ▁the ▁K ara ▁Ko y un lu ▁emp ire . ▁ ▁Saf avid , ▁Af sh ars ▁and ▁Q aj ars ▁and ▁loss ▁of ▁the ▁adjacent ▁C au cas ian ▁territ ories ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁out ▁of ▁Ar d abil ▁( anci ent ▁Art av illa ) ▁that ▁the