The Ardabil Khanate is a quasi-feudal state on the territory of modern Iranian Azerbaijan .
| Historical state | |
| Ardabil Khanate | |
|---|---|
1747 - 1808 | |
| Capital | Ardabil |
| Religion | Islam |
| Form of government | Monarchy |
| Dynasty | Shahseven |
Content
Summary
- Year of foundation - 1747
- Capital - Ardabil city
- Large settlements - Ardabil , Zanjan , Miyana .
- Neighboring states - in the west - the Karadag and Sarab khanates, in the north - the Karabakh and Talysh khanates, in the south the Gilyan khanate .
History
Ardabil Khanate was formed in the middle of the XVIII century, after the collapse of the Nadir Shah Empire. The center of the khanate was the city of Ardabil . He founded the khanate and strengthened it politically, Bebir Khan from the Shahseven tribe. The khanate was ruled by a sofa, consisting of feudal nobility. The Magals were ruled by Naibs and Beks, and the villages were governed by rural elders. The khanate had a 3,000-strong regular army. During the reign of the son of Bebir Khan, Nazarali Khan ( 1747 - 1783 ), relations with the ruling dynasties of Persia, the Zends and Khajars, intensified. But Nazarali Khan created friendly relations with the Talysh and Karabakh khanates. After the death of Nazarali Khan, in 1783 his son came to power - Nasir Khan (1783-1808). During his reign, in 1784 , Fatali Khan Gubinsky captured two cities of the Khanate - Ardabil and Meshkin. This caused discontent among the Russian Empire, which was helping the Guba Khanate, because of which Fatali Khan left Ardabil . In 1808 , the Ardabil Khanate submitted to Persia.
Ardabil during the Safavids
The Ardebil district, as the family hereditary domain of the Safavids and the center of the Kyzylbash movement, occupied a special position in relation to management. He belonged to his own domains of the name of the Safavids. Before Shah Abbas I, the administration of this district was most often entrusted to the mutavallas of the Ardebil sanctuary of the Safavids - mosques with the tombs of Sheikh Sefi ad-din and other sheikhs-Safavids, sometimes the administration of the district was separated from the management of the sanctuary and entrusted to special hakims appointed from the Shah’s palace. In the list of emirs of 1628 , Shekari-sultan from the Kyzylbash tribe of Asirlu is mentioned as the hakim of Ardabil.
Ardabil khans
- Bebir Khan
- Nazarali Khan (1747-1783)
- Nasir Khan (1783-1808)
Notes
- ↑ “In Safavi times, Azerbaijan was applied to all the Muslim-ruled khanates of the eastern Caucasian as well as to the area south of the Araz River as fas as the Qezel Uzan River, the latter region being approximately the same as the modern Iranian ostans of East and West Azerbaijan. ” Muriel Atkin, Russia and Iran, 1780-1828. 2nd. ed. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press Press, 2008, ISBN 0-521-58336-5