[1] From the very beginning, in the confrontation against the Russian Tsardom, Chopan II decided to rely on the Ottoman Empire and the Crimean Khanate, with whom an allied treaty was concluded.

On October 17 of the same year, the shamkhal was received by Sardar Lala Mustafa pasha, who was presented with an honorary robe, a saber and a war horse with full equipment.

[14] In 1585, relations with the Ottomans suddenly deteriorated, as a result of the intention of the sultans to turn Dagestan into one of their eyalets and the construction of fortresses on the Terek river.

At the same time, back in 1586, Chopan II sent an embassy led by his sons Surkhay and Sultan-Mut to the Moscow Tsar in order to improve relations between states.

[15] According to other sources, Chopan was the ruler of the country from Kaitag, the Kura valley, Avaristan, the Circassians and the Terek river to the Caspian Sea and died in Buynak in 1574.