Map shows the Great Atabeg State of Azerbaijan in 1125-1136C.E., which included all of Arran (Karabakh), South Azerbaijan, and Iraqi-Ajam (Iraqi Ejem). The Great Atabegs of Azerbaijan also considered the Shirvanshahs, Shaharmens, atabegs of Mosul, Kerman, Fars, and other lands as their vassals. Courtesy Historical Maps of Azerbaijan, Atlas,  Baku, 1994.

Great Atabeg Shams ad-Din Ildeniz (Eldiguz), founder of the Turkic Great Atabeg State of Azerbaijan, modern portrayal, by Azerbaijani painter Altay Hajiyev.