Safavid Shirvan
Shirvan Baylarbaylik | |||||||||
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| 1538–1734 | |||||||||
| Capital | Shamakhi | ||||||||
| Common languages | Persian, Azerbaijani | ||||||||
| Government | Feudalism | ||||||||
| Beylerbey | |||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Establishment | 1538 | ||||||||
• Abolished within Persian Empire | 1734 | ||||||||
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| Today part of |  Azerbaijan Russia | ||||||||
Shirvan Baylarbaylik (Azerbaijani: Şirvan Bəylərbəyliyi) was an beylerbeylik (province) founded by the Safavid Empire on the territory of modern Azerbaijan and Russia (Dagestan) between 1538 and 1734 with its capital in the town of Shamakhi.[1] It had six administrative jurisdictions; Alpa'ur, Arash—Shaki, Baku, Chemeshgazak—Agdash, Derbent (Darband), Quba—Qolhan, and Saliyan.[2] The capital of Shamakhi had a separate governor, but is not mentioned by the then contemporary historians and geographers to have formed a separate administrative jurisdiction.[3] Control over Shirvan was firmly held by the Safavids from the time of the subjugation of Shirvan (except for several brief Ottoman intermissions) when eventually the Afsharid ruler of Iran, Nader Shah established firm rule over the area until the area. After his death, the area was divided into various subordinate various khanates, before they were conquered by the Russian Empire from Qajar Iran in the course of the 19th century.[4] Shirvan Beylerbeylik was one of four beylerbeyliks on the territory of South Caucasus. The other three were the Karabakh, Chukhursaad and Tabriz beylerbeyliks.[5]
History
Having ended the rule of the Shirvanshahs in 1538, Tahmasp I established Shirvan Beylerbeylik as an administrative unit of the empire. At the end of the 16th century, the Ottoman General Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha briefly captured Shirvan during the Ottoman-Safavid War (1578-1590) and appointed Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha as its beylerbey. In 1607, Shah Abbas I invaded Shirvan again and instituted Qizilbash rule over the province. After several interstate wars, Shirvan Beylerbeylik was eventually captured by Nadir Shah in 1734 to establish Safavid rule over the province again.[1][6]
References
- ^ a b Khalilli, Fariz (2009). ŞAMAXI TARİX-DİYARŞÜNASLIQ MUZEYİ. Baku: ANAS. p. 103. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help); Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ Nasiri, Ali Naqi; Floor, Willem M. (2008). Titles and Emoluments in Safavid Iran: A Third Manual of Safavid Administration. Mage Publishers. p. 284. ISBN 978-1933823232.
- ^ Nasiri, Ali Naqi; Floor, Willem M. (2008). Titles and Emoluments in Safavid Iran: A Third Manual of Safavid Administration. Mage Publishers. p. 284. ISBN 978-1933823232.
- ^ Afandiyev, O. A. (1993). Azərbaycan Səfəvilər dövləti. Baku. p. 57.
{{cite book}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help); Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ The Caucasus and Globalization (PDF). Vol. 1. Sweden: Institute of Strategic Studies of the Caucasus. 2006. p. 9. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Fleischer, Cornell H. (1989). Mustafa Ali and the Politics of Cultural Despair. Cambridge University Press.
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