 At the beginning of the 16th century, Syunik became part of the "Erivan Beglarbegi" within the Safavid Persia.At the beginning of the 18th century, the region was involved in the liberation campaign of the Armenians of Syunik led by David Bek, against Safavid Persia and the invading Ottoman Turks.David Bek started his battles in 1722 with the help of thousands of local Armenian patriots who liberated Syunik.