Mehdigulu Khan Javanshir

Mehdigulu Khan Javanshir
Reign 1806-1822
Father Ibrahim Khalil Khan

Mehdigulu Khan Javanshir (Azerbaijani: Mehdiqulu xan Cavanşir; 1772-1845) was the third and the last khan of Karabakh Khanate and major-general of the Russian army.[1][2][3]

Mehdigulu Khan was born into a family of Ibrahimkhalil Khan of Karabakh and Khurshud Beyim – a granddaughter of Shahverdi Khan of Ganja and daughter of Javad Khan.[4] In July 1805, he was promoted to major-general by the order of Alexander I,[5] after the treaty of Kurakchay about conversion of Karabakh khanate to Russia was signed.[6]

After the murder of his father (his wife and many underage children were also murdered) in 1806,[7][8] Mehdigulu Khan was promoted to the Khan of Karabakh under the guidance of lieutenant-colonel Lisanevich, by the order of Alexander I.[9] He didn’t forgive the committed crime to Russians and was a secret ally of Iran during his reign. In November, 1822 he escaped to Iran. The Khanate was abolished and transformed into a province of the Russian Empire.

His daughter was a prominent Azerbaijani poet Khurshidbanu Natavan.

References

  1. ↑ "QARABAĞ--ŞUŞA ŞӘHӘRİ". anl.az.
  2. ↑ "МЕХТИ КУЛИ". ЛИЧНЫЕ АРХИВНЫЕ ФОНДЫ В ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫХ ХРАНИЛИЩАХ СССР.
  3. ↑ "История Карабага".
  4. ↑ Родословная Ибрагим Хана и его детей. — Акты Кавказской Археографической Комиссии. т. II, ст. 1415
  5. ↑ Акты Кавказской Археографической Комиссии. т. II, ст. 1456
  6. ↑ Кюрекчайский договор 1805 года
  7. ↑ "Карабаха ханы". яндекс словари.
  8. ↑ Акты Кавказской Археографической Комиссии. т. III, ст. 605
  9. ↑ Горхмаз Мустафаев. Административные единицы и население Карабахского и Гянджинского ханств в начале XIX столетия
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