Sheki Khanate

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The Sheki Khanate (also Shakki, Schekhi, Şəki) was a state in the northwest of what is now Azerbaijan , which existed from around 1500 to 1819. The capital was the eponymous town of Sheki, today Şəki . It was located in the northwest of Azerbaijan, north of the Kura River .

history

Sheki was founded around 1500 when the area became independent from the Shirvanshah . It later became an independent khanate. From 1736 it was part of Persia under Nadir Shah , after his death in 1747 the area became independent. It was soon conquered by the Quba Khanate under Husayn `Ali. From 1761 to 1765 it was part of Dagestan . 1806 it became part of the Russian Empire , the annexation of the Khanate was in 1813 in the Treaty of Gulistan confirmed. In 1819 the khanate was dissolved and the area became part of the Shemacha governorate .

After the dissolution of the khanate, the capital was renamed Nuxa.

Ruler list

  • Khans
  • ... - 1743 Malik Najaf
  • Bashchi
  • 1743--1759 Chalabi Khan
  • 1759 - 1761 Agha Kishi Beg
  • 1765-1779 Husayn
  • 1780 - 1783 `Abd al-Qadir
  • Dec. 21, 1783 - 1795 Muhammad Hasan Wali
  • 1795 - 1806 Mustafa Salim
  • Dec. 10, 1806 - 1815 Ja`far Quli Dumbuli
  • 1815 - 1819 Isma`il

Source: rulers.org

economy

For many centuries, Sheki was known for the silk worm breeding there .

See also

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  1. ↑ a b c rulers.org
  2. ↑ Sheki . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 15 . Altenburg 1862, p. 123 ( zeno.org ).