Shirvan Beylarbeylik

Shirvan Baylarbaylik
Şirvan Bəylərbəyliyi
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1538–1734 →
Capital Shamakhi
Languages Persian, Azerbaijani
Government Feudalism
History
 •  Establishment 1538
 •  Abolished within Persian Empire 1734
Today part of  Azerbaijan

Shirvan Baylarbaylik (Azerbaijani: Şirvan Bəylərbəyliyi) was an beylerbeylik founded by the Safavid Empire on the territory of modern Azerbaijan between 1538 and 1734 with its capital in the town of Shamakhi.[1] 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 was divided into independent Khanates of the Caucasus before they were occupied by the Russian Empire in the mid 18th century.[2] Shirvan Beylerbeylik was one of four beylerbeyliks on the territory of South Caucasus. The other three were the Karabakh, Chukhursaad and Tabriz beylerbeyliks.[3]

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][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Khalilli, Fariz (2009). ŞAMAXI TARİX-DİYARŞÜNASLIQ MUZEYİ [Shamakhi Historical and Locality Museum]. Baku: ANAS. p. 103. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  2. ↑ Afandiyev, O. A. (1993). Azərbaycan Səfəvilər dövləti [Safavid state of Azerbaijan]. Baku. p. 57.
  3. ↑ The Caucasus and Globalization (PDF) 1. Sweden: Institute of Strategic Studies of the Caucasus. 2006. p. 9. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  4. ↑ Fleischer, Cornell H. (1989). Mustafa Ali and the Politics of Cultural Despair. Cambridge University Press.

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