▁nearby ▁hills ▁of ▁Tag avor an ist ▁and ▁Mas ht ots . ▁During ▁the ▁ancient ▁Armen ian ▁kingdom s , ▁the ▁area ▁was ▁considered ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁T ash ir ▁canton ▁of ▁G ug ark ; ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁province ▁of ▁the ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁Armen ia ▁( Gre ater ▁Armen ia ), ▁until ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁Ar ta xi ad ▁D ynast y ' s ▁rule ▁over ▁Armen ia ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 st ▁century ▁AD . ▁Later , ▁the ▁region ▁was ▁ruled ▁by ▁the ▁other ▁Armen ian ▁dynast ies ▁of ▁the ▁Ar s ac ids ▁and ▁the ▁Bag rat un is . ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 0 th ▁century , ▁the ▁area ▁became ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁L ori ▁( K ing dom ▁of ▁T ash ir - D zor aget ) ▁until ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 2 th ▁century . ▁With ▁the ▁invasion ▁of ▁the ▁Sel j uk ▁Tur ks , ▁the ▁region ▁came ▁under ▁the ▁rule ▁of ▁the ▁Great ▁Sel j uk ▁Empire . ▁The ▁settlement ▁was ▁called ▁G har ak il isa ▁( mean ing ▁the ▁black ▁church ▁in ▁Turk ic ) ▁by ▁the ▁Sel ju ks ▁possibly ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁the ▁ 1 3 th ▁century , ▁the ▁name ▁being ▁taken ▁from ▁the ▁black - ston ed ▁Armen ian ▁church ▁of ▁the ▁Holy ▁Mother ▁of ▁God ▁on ▁a ▁nearby ▁hill . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 0 1 , ▁the ▁entire ▁region ▁of ▁L ori ▁became ▁part ▁of