Shirvan steppe information

The Shirvan steppe (Azerbaijani: Şirvan düzü) is part of the Kur-Araz Lowland of Azerbaijan and is located on the left bank of the Kura River. The elevation...

moderate warm semi-desert and arid steppe. Summers are hot and dry and winters are cool and dry. The word 'Shirvan' appears to be derived from Shīr (Persian:...

regions. Mudflows and severe floods often occur on the river. In the Shirvan steppe, the waters of the river are used for agricultural needs and water supply...

many times, particularly among the Persian, Arab, Mongol, Timurid, and Shirvan kingdoms. In the 19th century, the city passed from Persian into Russian...

The Azerbaijan shrub desert and steppe is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion in western Asia. It lies in the lowlands west of the Caspian Sea, and...

typically nomadic Turkic, Mongol and Tatar societies located on the Eurasian Steppe, politically equivalent in status to kinship-based chiefdoms and feudal...

Mozdok Tarki Quba Derbent Baku Javad Khanate Talysh Khanate Shaki Khanate Shirvan Khanate Karabakh Khanate Ganja Khanate Khanate of Erevan Nakhchivan Khanate...

divisions of Shirvan Khanate. After 1820, the Shirvan Khanate was conquered by the Russian Empire. In Abbasid Caliphate In the Shirvan Khanate Garayazi...

reached Shirvan (approximately modern Azjerbaijan) and joined Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha. They completely defeated 25000 Persians under Shirvan Beylerbey...

bezoar goat, white-tail sea eagle, golden eagle, little bustard. The Shirvan National Park has a semi-desert landscape and water body of approximately...

Azerbaijan is the Karabakh horse (Azeri: Qarabağ atı) which is a mountain-steppe racing and riding horse which can be found only in Azerbaijan. It is one...

the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was formerly referred to as Arran and Shirvan. On that basis Iran protested the newly adopted country name. During Soviet...

Azerbaijan is the Karabakh horse (Azeri: Qarabağ atı) which is a mountain-steppe racing and riding horse which can only be found in Azerbaijan. The Karabakh...

Reserve Ismailli State Reserve Pirgulu State Reserve Shahbuz State Reserve Shirvan State Reserve Shusha State Historical and Architectural Reserve Turian-Chay...

under his control. In 1364, Shaykh Uways Jalayir campaigned against the Shirvan Shah Kai-Ka’us, but a revolt begun by the governor of Baghdad, Khwaja Mirjan...

Shirvan and its dependencies (up to southern Dagestan in the north) were now Ismail's. The Shirvanshah line nevertheless continued to rule Shirvan under...

happened in 1033, the year when the Alans and the Rus sacked the coast of Shirvan in modern-day Azerbaijan. The raids were possibly orchestrated by the Byzantine...

and especially treeless, grassy steppes. The vast steppe areas of Central Asia are considered together with the steppes of Eastern Europe as a homogeneous...

response to this, Qizil Arslan invaded Shirvan in 1191, reached to Derbent and subordinated the whole Shirvan to his authority. In 1191, Toghrul III,...

who ordered to establish these buildings in both inscriptions is the – Shirvan Khalil As time of construction – was marked on the tomb, 845 on the minaret...

region. It borders Shaki-Zaqatala economic region to the north, Mountainous Shirvan to the west and Aran to the south. Absheron Economic Region covers an area...

Sadeq Lahiji, to Agha Mohammad to make peace. As a precaution he went to Shirvan. The diplomats were unable to come to favorable terms with Agha Mohammad...

conquests in the West. In 1409 he entered Tabriz and sent a raiding party to Shirvan, especially Shaki, which was fruitless. Another invasion force was sent...

through Tbilisi. At that time, Timur learned that Tokhtamysh would invade Shirvan through Derbent and ravage the place. Timur quickly moved in this direction...