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The battle between the young Ismail and Shah Farrukh Yassar of Shirvan. Shirvan from map of the Caucasus by Johann Christoph Matthias Reinecke. 1804. Shirvan (from Persian: شیروان, romanized: Shirvān; Azerbaijani: Şirvan; Tat: Şirvan) [a] is a historical region in the eastern Caucasus, as known in both pre-Islamic Sasanian and Islamic times. [2]
Shirvan was subsequently made a province of the Safavid realm, thus marking the end of Shirvanshah rule. [4] [25] A reconquest of Shirvan was attempted multiple times by members of the Shirvanshah family, including Burhan Ali and his son Abu Bakr Mirza, who enlisted the help of the Ottoman Empire. However, none of these attempts had long-term ...
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. Background [ edit ]
David IV left the eastern Shirvan to his son-in-law, Manuchihr III as a Georgian protectorate. [13] David IV's battles were of great importance both for Georgia and, especially, for Shirvan. The joint struggle of the Georgians and the people of Shirvan ensured the independence of Shirvan from the Seljuk conquerors. From now on, Georgia and ...
Shirvan (Azerbaijani: Şirvan) is a city in Azerbaijan, located on the Kura River. It was called Zubovka until 1938 and Ali Bayramli until 2008. From 1938 to 1954 ...
Shirvan is located at a latitude of 37 degrees and 40 minutes and a longitude of 57 degrees and 93 minutes with an altitude of 1097 meters above sea level [10] and an area of 3789 square meters. The city of Ashgabat is bounded on the north by the capital of Turkmenistan , on the south by the city of Esfarayen , on the east by the city of Farooj ...
Shirvan is one of the high cities of North Khorasan province, which is located in the valley of the Atrak border river in the middle of Kopedagh and Aladagh mountains. Shirvan has a relatively cold climate in winter and a warm and temperate climate in summer.
Ismail's father Shaykh Haydar and his grandfather Shaykh Junayd had both been killed in battle by the rulers of Shirvan, in 1488 and 1460 respectively. [1] In the summer of 1500, Ismail rallied a force of 7,000 Qizilbash forces at Erzincan consisting of the Ustaclu, Shamlu, Rumlu, Tekelu, Zhulkadir, Afshar, Qajar and Varsak tribes. [2]