Erivan Khanate
The Erivan (Yerevan) khanate was a Muslim controlled principality under the dominion of the Persian Empire between 1747 and 1828. Its territory roughly corresponded to most of present-day central Armenia, most of the Iğdır Province of present-day Turkey, and the Sharur and Sadarak rayons of present-day Azerbaijan's province of Nakhichevan. As a result of the Persian defeat in the last Russo-Persian War, it was ceded to the Russian Empire in accordance with the Treaty of Turkmenchay.
During the existence of the Erivan khanate, its population consisted primarily of Armenians, Persians (settled largely around the capital), Turkic tribes (both settled and seminomadic), Kurds (largely nomadic).[1] Shia Islam was the predominate faith of the khanate (with some Kurds of the Sunni school). [1] Yazidis were also known to be numerous. [1] Armenians formed less than 20% of the population [1] as a result of Shah Abbas I's deportation of much of the Armenian population from the Ararat valley and the surrounding region in 1605.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Hewsen, Robert H. (2001). Armenia: A Historical Atlas. The University of Chicago Press. pp. p. 168. ISBN 0-226-33228-4.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ von Haxthausen, Baron (2000). Transcaucasia: Sketches of the Nations and Races between the Black Sea and the Caspian. Adamant Media Corporation. pp. p. 252. ISBN 1402183674.
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See also
- Armenians in the Persian Empire
- Azeris in Armenia
- Khanates of the Caucasus
- Islam in Armenia
- Blue Mosque, Yerevan
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