Shirvan Khanate
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For the Kurdish emirate, see Emirate of Şirvan.
Shirvan Khanate (Persian: خانات شیروان, romanized: Khānāt-e Shirvan) was a Caucasian khanate under Iranian suzerainty, which controlled the Shirvan region from 1761 to 1820.
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Khanate of Shirvan خانات شروان | |||||||||
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1761–1820 | |||||||||
Status | Khanate Under Iranian suzerainty[1] | ||||||||
Capital | Old Shamakhi New Shamakhi (Aqsu) | ||||||||
Common languages | Persian (official)[2][3] Azerbaijani Armenian[4] Tat[5] | ||||||||
Ethnic groups | Tatars (later known as Azerbaijanis),[6] Kurds, Armenians, Jews, Russians, Iranians (1820 survey)[7] | ||||||||
Religion | Shia Islam | ||||||||
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History | |||||||||
• Assassination of Nader Shah | 1761 | ||||||||
• Annexation by Imperial Russia | 1820 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Azerbaijan |
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