Hajji Muhammad Ali Khan
This article does not cite any sources. (May 2013) |
Muhammad Ali Khan | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Khan | |||||
Reign | 1748 - 1763 | ||||
Predecessor | None, title created by Nadir shah | ||||
Successor | Aghasi Khan & | ||||
Died | Agsu | ||||
Issue | |||||
| |||||
House | Zarnavai | ||||
Father | Sufi Nabi | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Haji Muhammad Ali Khan Zarnavai was first khan of Shirvan. He was appointed by Nadir Shah in 1748, during his reconquest of Daghestan. After assassination of latter, nomadic feudals of Shirvan supported rival princes and Aghasi khan of Khanchoban tribe. Khan was killed in a battle in 1763 and his capital New Shemakha was seized. and Aghasi khan started diarchy in Shirvan.
Categories:
- Khans
- 18th-century Azerbaijani people
- Shirvan Khanate
- 1763 deaths
- Azerbaijani people stubs
- Iranian people stubs