Ardabil Khanate

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Ardabil Khanate
1747–1808
Khanate of Ardabil with the borders
Khanate of Ardabil with the borders
StatusKhanate
CapitalArdabil
Common languagesPersian (official), Azerbaijani (Majority)
Religion
Islam
GovernmentKhanate
History 
• Established
1747
• Independence from Afsharids
1747
• Disestablished
1808
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Afsharid dynasty
Qajar dynasty

Ardabil Khanate (Persian: خانات اردبیل, Azerbaijani: Ərdəbil xanlığı) was an 18th-19th century khanate based in Ardabil. It was established by Badr Khan in 1736, who attented coronation of Nader Shah in January 1736.[1] The khanate was ruled by clan of Shahsevan tribal alliance. It was disestablished in 1808 and converted to a province of Qajar Iran.

List of rulers[]

  • Badr Khan Sarikhanbayli-Shahsevan (as paramount chief of Shahsevans) 1736 - 1747
  • Nazarali Khan Sarikhanbayli-Shahsevan 1757 - 1792 (acknowledged as khan by Karim Khan Zand)
  • Nasir Khan Sarikhanbayli-Shahsevan 1792 - 1797
  • Nazarali Khan II 1797-1808

References[]

  1. ^ Tapper 1997, p. 105.

Sources[]

  • Tapper, Richard (1997). Frontier Nomads of Iran: A Political and Social History of the Shahsevan. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521583365.


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