Amir Khan Yaghlevandli-Javanshir (b. Yaghlevandli oymagh,
Safavid Karabakh - d.
Kashmir
Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...
,
Durrani Empire
The Durrani Empire ( ps, د درانيانو ټولواکمني; fa, امپراتوری درانیان) or the Afghan Empire ( ps, د افغانان ټولواکمني, label=none; fa, امپراتوری افغان, label=none), also know ...
) was a
Qizilbash
Qizilbash or Kizilbash ( az, Qızılbaş; ota, قزيل باش; fa, قزلباش, Qezelbāš; tr, Kızılbaş, lit=Red head ) were a diverse array of mainly Turkoman Shia militant groups that flourished in Iranian Azerbaijan, Anatolia, the ...
military and political figure, general, belonging to the same family as the
Karabakh khans.
Life
Amir Khan was born around 1732 in a
Javanshir clan
The Javanshirs ( az, Cavanşirlər; fa, جوانشیران – ''Javānširān'') are a Turkic clan from Karabakh, who belong to the Afshar tribe and are in turn a branch of the Oghuz Turks. Between 1748 and 1822, members of the Javanshir clan ...
in Yaghlevandli oymagh of
Karabagh. His father,
Safi Khan, came from the Yaghlevandli or Yaghlavend oymagh of the Turkic
Javanshir clan
The Javanshirs ( az, Cavanşirlər; fa, جوانشیران – ''Javānširān'') are a Turkic clan from Karabakh, who belong to the Afshar tribe and are in turn a branch of the Oghuz Turks. Between 1748 and 1822, members of the Javanshir clan ...
of
Afshar tribe. In 1756, he was taken into the service of the Afghan
Ahmad Shah Durrani
Ahmad Shāh Durrānī ( ps, احمد شاه دراني; prs, احمد شاه درانی), also known as Ahmad Shāh Abdālī (), was the founder of the Durrani Empire and is regarded as the founder of the modern Afghanistan. In July 1747, Ahm ...
. He made several campaigns with the Shah in
Kashmir
Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...
in 1756, Sirhind and Sind in 1757,
Balochistan
Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. ...
in 1750,
Sistan
Sistān ( fa, سیستان), known in ancient times as Sakastān ( fa, سَكاستان, "the land of the Saka"), is a historical and geographical region in present-day Eastern Iran ( Sistan and Baluchestan Province) and Southern Afghanistan (N ...
in 1754,
Khorasan
Khorasan may refer to:
* Greater Khorasan, a historical region which lies mostly in modern-day northern/northwestern Afghanistan, northeastern Iran, southern Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan
* Khorasan Province, a pre-2004 province of Ira ...
in 1754 and Balkh in 1752. In 1770, Amir Khan Jevanshir was appointed governor of Kashmir by order of Ahmad Shah Dürrani. Amir Khan Jevanshir built a number of attractions in Kashmir, for example, Sher Garni palace and Amiran Kadal bridge. Persecuted Kashmiri Pandits.
[THE KHANS OF KARABAKH:THE ROOTS, SUBORDINATION TO THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE, AND LIQUIDATION OF THE KHANATE">Ismailov, Eldar, THE KHANS OF KARABAKH:
THE ROOTS, SUBORDINATION TO THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE, AND LIQUIDATION OF THE KHANATE,CA&C Press AB,Sweden, https://www.ca-c.org/c-g-online/2014/journal_eng/c-g-1-2/10.shtml#_edn13] According to
Ser Walter Roper Lawrence was possibly the best of the Afghan rulers:
Amir Khan Jevanshir died in 1775 in
Kashmir
Kashmir () is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term "Kashmir" denoted only the Kashmir Valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal Range. Today, the term encompas ...
.
See also
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Javanshir clan
The Javanshirs ( az, Cavanşirlər; fa, جوانشیران – ''Javānširān'') are a Turkic clan from Karabakh, who belong to the Afshar tribe and are in turn a branch of the Oghuz Turks. Between 1748 and 1822, members of the Javanshir clan ...
*
Javanshir Qizilbash
Jawanshir Qizilbash ( az, Cavanşir-Qızılbaş tayfası) is an Azerbaijani tribe and a part of the Afshar, adherents of Twelver Shi'ism. They belong to the Qizilbash people of Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, the clan is known to have originally mi ...
*
Qizilbashi
References
Source
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* {{cite book
, first= Anvar
, last= Chingizoglu
, title= Yaghlavendlis
, year= 2016
, location= Baku
, publisher= Mutarcim
1732 births
1775 deaths
Karabakh Khanate
18th century in Azerbaijan
People from Afsharid Iran
Ethnic Afshar people