Arash Sultanate

Sultanate of Arash
ارش سلطان‌لیغی
1747–1795
StatusSultanate
Under Shaki Khanate suzerainty[1]
CapitalArash
Common languagesPersian (official),[2] Azerbaijani
Sultan 
History 
• Establishment
1747
• Abolished within Shaki Khanate
1795
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Safavid Empire
Russian Empire
Areshsky Uyezd

Arash Sultanate was a feudal fiefdom that existed between 1747-1795 in Transcaucasus. It comprised modern Aghdash, Yevlakh and Mingachevir raion of Azerbaijan.[citation needed]

History

Arash as a city was founded in 15th century. It was governed within Shirvan beylarbeylik of Safavid Empire. Later, it was later put under suzerainty of Shaki Khanate by Haji Chalabi Khan. It consisted of 27 settlements with ~5000 population, 19% of them being Armenian or Udi.[citation needed]

Sultans

References

  1. ^ Shakikhanov, Karim agha. "KERIM AGA FATEH. BRIEF HISTORY OF SHEKI KHANS". www.drevlit.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  2. ^ Swietochowski, Tadeusz (2004). Russian Azerbaijan, 1905-1920: The Shaping of a National Identity in a Muslim Community. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0521522458. (...) and Persian continued to be the official language of the judiciary and the local administration [even after the abolishment of the khanates].
  3. ^ Shakikhanov, Karim agha. "Brief History of Shaki Khans". www.drevlit.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  4. ^ History of Shaki in Sources. Tahirzadä, Ädalät., Azärbaycan Milli Elmlär Akademiyası. Şäki Regional Elmi Märkäzi. Bakı: Master. 2005. p. 217. ISBN 0976995409. OCLC 64428641.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)


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