Karadagh Khanate (), was a

khanate A khaganate or khanate was a polity ruled by a khan, khagan, khatun, or khanum. That political territory was typically found on the Eurasian Steppe and could be equivalent in status to tribal chiefdom, principality, kingdom or empire. Mong ...

established in the 18th century, with its capital at Ahar.

Khanate

The khanate was founded in 1747 by Kazim khan Karadakhlu as an independent entity. Its territory had bordered with

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to east,

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to south,

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to west, Nakhchivan, Karabagh and

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s to north. Khanate's territory consisted mostly of Ungut, Karmaduz, Chalabiyan,

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, Dizmar, Uzumdil, Hasanob, Kalaybar, Huseyneyli, Yaft, Garajurru, Dodanga, Chardanga, Dikla, Badbostan, Horat mahals. The founder Kazim khan pursued a prudent policy in regard to the neighboring feudal lords. He was more engaged in internal affairs and constructions, built several public buildings in khanate's capital Ahar. Khanate was under political dependence of Karabagh khanate for some period. In 1761 it was conquered by

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and in 1791 by Mohammad Khan Qajar. In 1808 the khanate was finally disestablished.

Rulers

# Kazim khan — 1748-1752 #Mustafakuli khan — (1763-1782, 1786-1791) #Ismail khan — (1782-1783, 1791-1797) #Najafkuli khan — (1783-1786) #Abbaskuli khan — (1797-1813) #Muhammadkuli khan — (1813-1828)

Ruling family

Khanate's ruling family belonged to Toqmaqlu subclan of Ustajlu

Turcomans Turkoman (Middle Turkic languages, Middle Turkic: تُركْمانْ, ota, تركمن, Türkmen and ''Türkmân''; az, Türkman and ', tr, Türkmen, tk, Türkmen, Persian language, Persian: ترکمن sing. ''Turkamān'', pl. ''Tarākimah''), ...

. Enfeoffed by

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as hereditary lords of Karadakh, they ranked 8th place in Kizilbash hierarchy,I. P. Petrushevsky, Essays on the history of feudal relations in Azerbaijan and Armenia in the 16th - early 19th centuries, Leningrad State University, 1949 their earliest known ancestor was Ilyas Khalifa who was born in

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. * Ilyas Khalifa (c. 1500) * Shamsaddin Khalifa (d. 1603) * Ilyas Khalifa II (d. 1610) * Burhanaddin Khalifa (c. 1611) * Shamsaddin Khalifa II (no issues) * Ahmad Khalifa * Mahmud Sultan * Bayandur Sultan (c. 1701) * Muhammadqasim khan (d. 1721) * Abdurrazzaq khan (khan, later in 1725, Pasha of

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; d. 1729) * Kazim khan (r. 1730-1763) * Mustafakuli khan (r. 1763-1782, 1786-1791) * Ismail khan (r. 1782-1783, 1791-1797) * Abbaskuli khan (r. 1797-1813) * Muhammadkuli khan — (r. 1813-1828; d. 1840) * Hasanliagha khan (b. 1820, d. 1847) * Hasanali khan Karadakhski (1848-1929) * Mahammadhuseyn khan (b. 1827, d. 1891) * Sadatquli khan * Najafkuli khan (r. 1783-1786; d. 1818)

References

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