Erivan Khanate
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Erivan (Yerevan), Erwan (آرون) or Irevan Khanate was a Muslim principality mostly under the dominion of Persia that existed on the territory of modern Armenia and parts of Azerbaijan between 1747 and 1828. According to Treaty of Turkmenchay it was ceded to Russia as a result of Persian defeat in Russo-Persian War of 1826-1828.
During Safavid times Erivan and Nakhichevan were places of residence ("ulka") for the Kizilbash tribe Ustajlu, with Chukhur-Saad (modern Armenia) being their hereditary ulka from about 1604, where the rule of the first khan Amirgun was recorded. After the disintegration of Persia in 1747 the Chukhur-Saad beylerbeylik continued as Erivan khanate under the same dynasty (Other sources indicate Qajar related dynasty). At different times the Khanate was dependency of both Persia and Ottoman Empire, and then from 1795 of Qajar Persia.
During the existence of the khanate the population consisted predominantly of Shia Turkic people (known today as Azerbaijanis), as a result of Shah Abbas’s deportation of much of the Armenian population from the Ararat valley and the surrounding region in 1605. The dynasty and the ruling elite of the principality were of Kizilbash Turkic origin.
Rulers in 18 century
Several competing lists exist: [1] and [2]
- 1724-1736 Ottoman Possession
- 1736-40 Tahmasp-qulu khan
- 1745-48 Mekhti-khan Qasimli
- 1748-50 Hasan Ali-khan
- 1750-80 Huseyn Ali Khan
- 1780-96 not reported
- 1796-1804 Muhammed Khan (khanate loses independence)
- 1804-06 Mekhti-Qulu Khan
- 1806-08 Akhmed Khan
- 1808-28 Huseyn Qulu-khan Qajar
- 1752-55 Khalil Khan
- 1755-1762 Hasan Ali Khan Qajar
- 1762-83 Huseyn Ali Khan
- 1783-84 Qulam Ali (son of Hasan Ali)
- 1784-1805 Muhammed Khan
- 1804-06 Mekhti-Qulu Khan
- 1806-07 Muhammed Khan Maragai
- 1807-27 Huseyn Qulu Khan Qajar
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