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Amir Hamza III
Amir Hamza III ( Dargwa: ''Амир-Хlямза Уцуми'', ) was an khan of Kaitags who ruled Kaitag Utsmiate from 1751 to 1787. He was known as a significant military figure in the history of Dagestan and Transcaucasia in the 18th century. Reign The exact date of birth of Amir Hamza is unknown, but it is known that he was one of the three sons of Khan Muhammad, a military leader who predeceased his father Ahmad the Great. Amir Hamza had two brothers - Ustar and Sultan. As the grandson, he inherited Ulu Terekeme, Bashli, Berikey, Dzhemikent. Earliest mentions of Amir Hamza's reign dates back to 1751. He was related to other Caucasian rulers such as Umma Khan of Avars, Ghāzī Rustam of Tabasaran and Fatali Khan of Quba, who were his nephews and cousin respectively. Struggle with Derbent He became allied to Fatali Khan in 1760s, and joined his campaign against Derbent Khanate. Following a long siege, Amir Hamza with a small detachment was the first to enter Derbent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kala Koreysh
Kala Koreysh (, Dargwa: Кьара-Кьурейш) is an abandoned village in the Dakhadaevsky district of Dagestan. It served as the medieval capital of the Kaitag Utsmiate and was a large feudal estate. The main attraction of the village are the mosque (founded in the 11th century The 11th century is the period from 1001 ( MI) through 1100 ( MC) in accordance with the Julian calendar, and the 1st century of the 2nd millennium. In the history of Europe, this period is considered the early part of the High Middle Ages. Th ...). Population According to the Soviet Census of 1926, the Kaitag people made up 100% of the national population structure. References Sources * {{cite book , ref={{harvid, Lavrov, 1966 , url=http://mountaindreams.ru/download/l/lavrov_l_epigraficheskie_pamyatniki_severnogo_kavkaza_chast_1_1966.pdf , title=Эпиграфические памятники Северного Кавказа на арабском, персидском и тур ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quba Khanate
The Quba Khanate (also spelled Qobbeh; fa, خانات قبه, Khānāt-e Qobbeh) was one of the most significant semi-independent khanates that existed from 1747 to 1806, under Iranian suzerainty. It bordered Caspian sea to the east, Derbent Khanate to the north, Shaki Khanate to the west, and Baku and Shirvan Khanates to the south. In 1755 the khanate conquered Salyan from the Karabakh Khanate. History The khans of Quba were from the Qeytaq tribe, which was divided into two branches, the Majales and the Yengikend. The origin of the tribe is obscure. First attested in the 9th-century, only their chieftain and his family were Muslims, according to the historian al-Masudi (died 956). The chieftain bore the Turkic title of ''Salifan'', as well as the title of ''Kheydaqan-shah''. According to the 17th-century Ottoman historian, Evliya Çelebi (died 1682), the Qeytaq spoke Mongolian, but this was dismissed as a "hoax" by the Iranologist Vladimir Minorsky (died 1966), who demonstra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akusha
Akusha (russian: Акуша, Dargin: Ахъуша) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Akushinsky District of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the .... Population: References Notes Sources * * {{Authority control Rural localities in Akushinsky District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akusha-Dargo Union
Akusha-Dargo Union () was the union of free Dargin societies centered in the village of Akusha. It included the territories of the current Levashinsky and Akushinsky districts of Dagestan Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C .... References 1854 disestablishments History of Dagestan Dargwa people {{Dagestan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamakhi
Shamakhi ( az, Şamaxı, ) is a city in Azerbaijan and the administrative centre of the Shamakhi District. The city's estimated population was 31,704. It is famous for its traditional dancers, the Shamakhi Dancers, and also for perhaps giving its name to the Soumak rugs. Eleven major earthquakes have rocked Shamakhi but through multiple reconstructions, it maintained its role as the economic and administrative capital of Shirvan and one of the key towns on the Silk Road. The only building to have survived eight of the eleven earthquakes is the landmark Juma Mosque of Shamakhi, built in the 8th century. History Shamakhi was in antiquity part of successive Persian empires and was first mentioned as ''Kamachia'' by the ancient Greco-Roman Egyptian geographer Claudius Ptolemaeus in the 1st to 2nd century AD. Shamakhi was an important town during the Middle Ages and served as a capital of the Shirvanshah realm from the 8th to 15th centuries. Shamakhi maintained economic and cult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aghasi Khan
{{Infobox monarch , name = Aghasi Khan , title = Khan of Shirvan Khanate , image = , caption = , reign = 1763–68 1774–86 , coronation = 1763 , full name = Aghasi Khan Khanchobany-Sarkar , native_lang1 = , native_lang1_name1 = Ağası xan Xançobanı-Sərkar , birth_date = 1731 , birth_place = Shamakhy , death_date = 1788 , death_place = Baku , burial_date = , burial_place = , predecessor = Hajji Muhammad Ali Khan/ Muhammad Said Khan/Quba Khanate , successor = Manaf Zarnavai/ Askar Khan , spouse = , spouse 1 = Bibi Khanum khanum , spouse 2 = Khadija Khanum , spouse 3 = Khadija Khanum khanum , spouse 4 = Abida Khanum , royal house = , dynasty = House of Sarkar , father = Askar Bey Sarkar , mother = Ummugulsum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyubek
Dyubek (russian: Дюбек; tab, Тӏивак) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative centre of Dyubeksky Selsoviet, Tabasaransky District, Republic of Dagestan, Russia. Population: There are 6 streets. Geography Dyubek is located 11 km north of Khuchni Khuchni (russian: Хучни, tab, Хючна) is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Tabasaransky District of the Republic of Dagestan, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontine ... (the district's administrative centre) by road. Gurkhun and Khustil are the nearest rural localities. References Rural localities in Tabasaransky District {{Dagestan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chumli
Chumli (russian: links=no, Чумли) is a rural locality (a selo) in Kaytagsky District, Republic of Dagestan, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the .... The population was 1,870 as of 2010. There are 14 streets. Geography Chumli is located on the Yangichay River, 18 km northwest of Madzhalis (the district's administrative centre) by road. Gulli and Yangikent are the nearest rural localities. Nationalities Dargins live there. References Rural localities in Kaytagsky District {{Dagestan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baku Khanate
Baku Khanate ( fa, خانات باکو, Khānāt-e Baku), was an autonomous Muslim khanate under Iranian suzerainty, which existed between 1747 and 1806. Originally a province of Safavid empire, it became practically independent after the assassination of Nader Shah and weakening of central authority in Iran due to the struggle for power. Its territory now lies within present-day Azerbaijan, History During the Russo-Persian War (1722-23), Baku, which was previously in Safavid possession, was occupied by Russian troops. However, when they heard of Nader Shah Afshar's military successes in Persia, and of the threat, he posed to Russia, they agreed to cede Baku to Persia again in 1735. The Shah appointed Mirza Muhammad Khan I, son of the influential tribal chief Dargah Quli Khan (who descended from Afshari Qizilbash who were granted lands near Baku in 1592), to become a feudal Khan. At this point, the Khan was practically and officially a vassal of the Persian Shah; howev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirza Muhammad Khan I
Mirza Muhammad Khan I was the founding Khan of the Baku Khanate. He was a descendant of the Iranian garrison commander of Baku of 1723. Background Mirza Muhammad Khan belonged to a family which was originally from Mazandaran. He was the son of Dargah Qoli Beg, who was the governor of Baku in the first quarter of the 18th-century. Life He was born in 1727, in Baku. His father ruled at least till 1731. However he was charged with treason and relieved of duty in unknown year. He rejoined Nadir Shah and was killed in 1738 in a battle. After Treaty of Ganja, Nadir Shah appointed a certain Galem from Gilan as a ''sultan'' of Baku, also awarded Ashur khan Afshar with lands in Absheron peninsula, including Sabunchu, Keshla and Zabrat. His grandson, son of Malik Muhammad Khan, is named after him. He also acknowledged his grandson Mirza Muhammad as khan at age of 11. Reign Taking advantage of Nadir's fall, he seized the city and killed the ''sultan'', appointing former naib Selim k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malik Muhammad Khan
Malik Muhammad khan was second khan of Baku and a son of Mirza Muhammad Khan. Reign He was a firstborn son of Mirza Muhammad and daughter of Husein khan Rudbar. He was later a son-in-law of Fatali khan. He was already ruling in his father's name since 1765 and was practically a vassal of Quba khanate. When Fatali khan invaded Derbent khanate in 1766, captured it's khan Muhammad Husein Khan, blinded him and sent with his son Ali to Baku and ordered Malik Muhammad to keep them as hostages. He was described as an extremely cruel ruler by Samuel Gmelin. Although according to Azerbaijani historian Marziya Isgandarova, this could be due to the fact that khan was suspicious of him and once told him "Would they allow an outsider to do that in Russia?" when Samuel was examining oil fields in 1770. Samuel was even denied to stay inside city walls and drink water from city wells. According to Samuel, a Quba army contingent was garrisoned in Saray. After Fatali khan's invasion of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shamkhalate Of Tarki
The Shamkhalate of Tarki, or Tarki Shamkhalate (also Shawhalate, or Shevkalate, ') was a Kumyk state in the eastern part of the North Caucasus, with its capital in the ancient town of Tarki. It formed on the territory populated by Kumyks and included territories corresponding to modern Dagestan and adjacent regions. After subjugation by the Russian Empire, the Shamkhalate's lands were split between the Empire's feudal domain with the same name extending from the river Sulak to the southern borders of Dagestan, between Kumyk possessions of the Russian Empire and other administrative units. At some point the Shamkhalate had vassals from the Caspian Sea to Kabarda and Balkaria. The Shamkhals also possessed the title of the Vali of Dagestan and had their residence in the ancient Khazar-Kumyk mountainous shelter. Annexation of the Tarki Shamkhalate and other territories of Dagestan by Russia was concluded by the Treaty of Gulistan in 1813. In 1867 the feudal domain of the Shamkhala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
