 In 1410, Armenia fell under the control of the Kara Koyunlu Shia Oghuz Turkic tribe.Between 1502 and 1828, Armenia became part of the Persian state under the rule of Safaavid, Afsharid and Qajar dynasties, with short periods of Ottoman rule between 1578 and 1603 and later between 1722 and 1736.Aparan was part of the Erivan Khanate of Persia.