 To oppose being subjected to the Seljuk Empire, Georgians allied with the Cumans (a group of Kipchak tribes to the north of the Caucasus) thus allowing for more Turkic migration into the region.In the 1480s, groups of Azeris originally from Qazakh, Pambak and Shuragel further settled along the banks of the rivers Aghstafa and Debed.Starting in the sixteenth century, Qizilbash tribes started migrating and settling on both banks of the Kura River in Lower Kartli, in the valleys of Algeti and Ktsia, in the Dabnisi Gorge, and in Somkhiti.