The ruling dynasty of Mehtuli Khanate established links with Avar Khanate when Ali Sultan married his son Sultan Ahmad to Umma Khan's daughter Pakhu Bika. After Umma's death in 1801, his widow Gikhilay (d. 1833) also married Sultan Ahmad. Avars offered the throne of khanate to Sultan Ahmad in 1802, since Umma had no surviving sons and his brother was killed by Gikhilay. After Ali Sultan's death in 1807, Ahmad demanded his patrimony from his elder brother Hasan Khan, who granted him villages of Dorgeli, Kaka-Shura, Paraul and Urum.
