The administrative divisions of Safavid Iran in the South Caucasus
Status
Province of Safavid Iran
Capital
Ganja
Government
Province
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Aq Qoyunlu
Afsharid Iran
Today part of
Armenia Azerbaijan
The province of Karabakh (also spelled Qarabagh; Persian: ولایت قره باغ, romanized: Ostān-e Qarabāgh) was a north-western province of the Safavid Iran, centered on the geographic region of Karabakh.
The governorship of Karabakh was generally held by a member of the Qajars, one of the Qizilbash tribes. Its highlands were controlled by the five Armenian melikdoms.
province of Karabakh (also spelled Qarabagh; Persian: ولایت قره باغ, romanized: Ostān-e Qarabāgh) was a north-western province of the Safavid Iran, centered...
pastures in Karabakh lowlands and the summer pastures in Karabakh highlands. These tribes dominated the region, and were key allies of the Safavid Empire,...
governorship of both Karabakh and its capital Ganja was held by the Ziyadoghlu family of the Turkic Qajar tribe. Following the collapse of the Safavid regime in...
Safavid Iran or Safavid Persia (/ˈsæfəvɪd, ˈsɑː-/), also referred to as the Safavid Empire, was one of the largest and long-standing Iranian empires after...
were a branch of Qajar tribe that ruled SafavidKarabakh from 1546–1554 to 1743 (sometimes, also including Safavid Kakheti), Astarabad in various times,...
formerly under Iranian Safavid and Afsharid control. The region contained a number of khanates, of which the most important was Karabakh (with its capital...
Ziyadoghlu Qajars of Ganja, whose chiefs had been official rulers of Karabakh since Safavid times. His father's name was Ibrahim Agha Javanshir but information...
century. Later, it became a part of Chobanid, Jalayirid, Timurid, and Safavid states. The history of Caucasian Albania has been a major topic of Azerbaijani...
later gave their allegiance to the Safavids when the Safavids invaded in 913/1507. The following year the Safavids conquered Iraq and drove out Soltan-Morad...
the Shiʿism of the Qara Qoyunlū and the Ṣafawīya rests mainly on later Safavid sources and must be considered doubtful. — R. Quiring-Zoche, Encyclopædia...
fighting over Karabakh for some part of 1919. The fighting increased in intensity by February 1920 and martial law was introduced in Karabakh, which was...
Nagorno-Karabakh region formed the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, which became de facto independent with the end of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in...
დაუდ-ხანი) was a Safavid Iranian military commander and politician of Georgian origin who served as governor (beglarbeg) of Ganja and Karabakh from 1627 to...
conquest of Shirvan was the first campaign of Ismail, the leader of the Safavid order. In late 1500, Ismail marched into Shirvan, and, despite heavily...
instability in Safavid Iran and Armenian frustration with Islamic dominance. in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, turned Karabakh into the epicenter...
was a Safavid military leader of Turkoman origin who was part of the Ziyadoghlu branch of the Qajars, who served as the governor of Karabakh and Ganja...
Agreement in 1994, with the Armenians of Karabakh (supported by Armenia) taking control not only of Nagorny Karabakh itself but also occupying in whole or...
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