Shirvan Khanate

Encyclopedia : S : SH : SHI : Shirvan Khanate

In 1742 Shemakha was taken and destroyed by Nadir Shah of Persia, who relocated inhabitants into a new town under the same name about 16 miles to the west (Agsu) , at the foot of the main chain of the Caucasus. The new Shemakha was a residence of the Khans of Shirvan. Smaller Old Shamakha khanate continuned to exist under Muhammad Sa'id Khan (1748-1786) until the merge of the two. After the merger the New Shamakha finally abandoned, and the old town rebuilt in 1786. During 1768-1778 Shirvan khanate was a dependency of much stronger Quba Khanate. In 1795 Russians captured Shemakha as well as Baku; but the conquest was once more abandoned, and Shirvan was not finally annexed by Russia until 1805.

Rulers

New Shamakha (Shirvan Khanate)

1748 - 1763 Muhammad `Ali Khan

1763 - 1768 Aghazi Khan (1st time)

1768 - 1769 Fath `Ali Khan

1769 - 1770 `Abd Allah Beg

1770 - 1778 Ildar Beg

1778 - 1786 Aghazi Khan (2nd time)

1786 - 1789 Askar Khan

1789 - 1796 Qasim Khan

1796 - 1820 Mustafa Khan

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.