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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 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 ]
The Shirvanshahs (Arabic/Persian: شروانشاه) were the rulers of Shirvan (in present-day Azerbaijan) from 861 to 1538.The first ruling line were the Yazidids, an originally Arab and later Persianized dynasty, who became known as the Kasranids (also referred to as the Khaqanids).
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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 ...
The flag consists of three equally sized horizontal pales (blue, red and green colors). There is a white crescent and an eight-pointed star in the center of the flag. The blue pale symbolizes Turkic heritage, the red pale symbolizes the progress to establish a modern state and the development of democracy and the green pale symbolizes the ...
He seized Derbent, and divided Shirvan with Hosein Khan of Shaki. [12] After Fath Ali Khan's death, the khanate's influence declined. As a result of Mohammad Khan Qajar's conquests and the devastation it had brought, the Alliance of Northern khanates disintegrated.
Shīrwān Shāh, [9] or Sharwān Shāh, [9] was the title in medieval Islamic Azerbaijan for the ruler of the Shirvan region. [9] [need quotation to verify] The Shirvanshahs established a dynasty which ruled Aran and parts of Dagestan, [10] in addition to Shirvan, and was one of the Islamic world's longest-lasting dynasties.