Arash Sultanate was a

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fiefdom that existed between 1747-1795 in

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. It comprised modern Aghdash,

Yevlakh Yevlakh ( az, Yevlax, ) is a city in Azerbaijan, 265 km west of capital Baku. It is surrounded by, but administratively separate from, the Yevlakh District. Etymology The settlement is mentioned by the 13th century Armenian historian Step ...

and Mingachevir

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of Azerbaijan.

History

Arash as a city was founded in 15th century. It was governed within

Shirvan beylarbeylik The Shirvan province ( fa, ولایت شیروان, Velāyat-e Shirvān) was a province founded by the Safavid Empire on the territory of modern Azerbaijan and Russia ( Dagestan) between 1501 and 1736 with its capital in the town of Shamakhi. T ...

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. Later, it was later put under suzerainty of

Shaki Khanate The Shaki Khanate ( fa, خانات شکّی, also spelled as Sheki Khanate, Shekin Khanate, Shakki Khanate) was one of the most powerful of the Khanates of the Caucasus, Caucasian Khanates established in Afsharid dynasty, Afsharid Iran, on the n ...

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. It consisted of 27 settlements with ~5000 population, 19% of them being

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Sultans

Malik Ali Malik, Mallik, Melik, Malka, Malek, Maleek, Malick, Mallick, or Melekh ( phn, 𐤌𐤋𐤊; ar, ملك; he, מֶלֶךְ) is the Semitic term translating to "king", recorded in East Semitic and Arabic, and as mlk in Northwest Semitic du ...

was involved in

Aghakishi beg Agha Kishi Beg ( fa, آقا کیشی بیگ) was the khan of the Shaki Khanate from 1755 to 1759. Agha Kishi Beg was a son of Haji Chalabi Khan Haji Chalabi Khan (; 1703 1755), was a statesman, warlord, ruler and founder of Shaki Khanate. Ori ...

's murder in 1759. Later, rebelled against Muhammad Husayn Khan Mushtaq who was his son-in-law in 1761, but put under his suzerainty with confirmation from Fatali khan Afshar. Killed shortly after that. *

Malik Ali Muhammad Malik, Mallik, Melik, Malka, Malek, Maleek, Malick, Mallick, or Melekh ( phn, 𐤌𐤋𐤊; ar, ملك; he, מֶלֶךְ) is the Semitic term translating to "king", recorded in East Semitic and Arabic, and as mlk in Northwest Semitic du ...

son of former. *

Malik Ali Husayn Malik, Mallik, Melik, Malka, Malek, Maleek, Malick, Mallick, or Melekh ( phn, 𐤌𐤋𐤊; ar, ملك; he, מֶלֶךְ) is the Semitic term translating to "king", recorded in East Semitic and Arabic, and as mlk in Northwest Semitic du ...

* Shabaddin Sultan nephew of Malik Ali, rebelled against Muhammad Hasan khan, killed in 1795. After his death, sultanate was abolished and absorbed into

as a district.

References

1747 establishments in Asia 1795 disestablishments in Asia Former sultanates {{asia-geo-stub