It was first reported by Karim agha Shakikhanov, a scion of dynasty, in his Brief History of Shaki Khans written in Azerbaijani, included in Bernhard Dorn's "Excerpts from Muhammedan writers" in 1858.
[1] However he mistakenly attributed the book to some certain Haji Abdullatif Afandi, while Azerbaijani poet Salman Mumtaz concluded that in fact it was Karim Shakikhanov's work.
According to another scion of the dynasty, Mustafa agha Shakikhanov, Jandar's grandson Zaki Khan captured Arbatan plains and the city of Nukha.
The family wouldn't rise to prominence until Hajji Chalabi - who was born to a certain landlord Gurban beg during the reign of Sultan Husayn in 1703, he was of noble birth.
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary cites a legend of "Black Monk" calling him the grandson of an Armenian priest who converted to Islam.