Cabanı

Coordinates: 40°39′47″N 48°41′53″E / 40.66306°N 48.69806°E / 40.66306; 48.69806

Cabanı
Cabanı
Coordinates: 40°39′47″N 48°41′53″E / 40.66306°N 48.69806°E / 40.66306; 48.69806
Country  Azerbaijan
Rayon Shamakhi
Municipality İkinci Cabanı
Time zone AZT (UTC+4)
  Summer (DST) AZT (UTC+5)

Cabanı (also, Dzhabany) is a village in the Shamakhi Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of İkinci Cabanı.[1]

This was the site of a crucial battle of 1500AD when some 7,000 Qizilbash forces, consisting of the Ustaclu, Shamlu, Rumlu, Tekelu, Zhulkadir, Afshar, Qajar and Varsak tribes, responded to the invitation of Ismail I[2] and marched against the Shirvanshah ruler Farrukh Yassar, setting in motion the eventual establishment of the Safavid state

References

  1. "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.
  2. Faruk Sümer, Safevi Devletinin Kuruluşu ve Gelişmesinde Anadolu Türklerinin Rolü, Türk Tarih Kurumu Yayınları, Ankara, 1992, p. 15. (Turkish)


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