In mid-March 1919, the Azerbaijan representative Mohammed Khan-Tekinskii[2] came to Yerevan.

As the Armenian government later discovered in the codes he periodically sent to Baku, he was involved in the business of organising the Muslim revolts in Armenia.

[3] In August 1919, the Turks in Armenia began to threaten Etchmiadzin.

All of Zangibasar rebelled and refused to recognise Armenian authority.

[3] Armenians began their offensives on late May 1919, quickly making significant gains within the region, as the Armenian troops had taken Sadarak, Kangarli and Sharur back within a week.