Khanates of the Caucasus
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Transcaucasia, XVIII-XIX.
The khanates in Transcaucasia and the northern portion of Persia, 18th-20th centuries.
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Map of the khanates in Caucasus from 1801 to 1878.
Khanates of the Caucasus were Persian ruled[2] [3][4] principalities on the territory of modern day Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia and Dagestan from the Safavid dynasty era to 1806. These principalities arose during the domination of Iran. During the period of Iranian domination, head of principality was a Khan. Although, the khan could act within certain independence, he was vassal of the Iranian shah (King). [5] Persia permanently lost these khanates to Russia as a result of the Russo-Persian Wars. Today most of the khanates make up the territory of modern states of Azerbaijan and Armenia. The khanates, ultimately swallowed up by Russian Empire, are:
[edit] See also
- ^ According to one source, "In Safavi times, Azerbaijan was applied to all the muslim-ruled khanates of the eastern Caucasian as well as to the area south of the Araz River as fas as the Qezel Uzan River, the latter region being approximately the same as the modern Iranian ostans of East and West Azerbaijan." Muriel Atkin, Russia and Iran, 1780-1828. 2nd. ed. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press Press, 2008, ISBN 0 521 58336 5
- ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica Online: History of Azerbaijan [1]
- ^ Russian Azerbaijan, 1905-1920 By Tadeusz Swietochowski page 272
- ^ Russia and Iran, 1780-1828By Muriel Atkin, Page 16-20
- ^ Encyclopedia of Soviet law By Ferdinand Joseph Maria Feldbrugge, Gerard Pieter van den Berg, William B. Simons, Page 457
