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Hajji Chelebi
Hajji Chelebi was a notable of Shaki in north-western Azerbaijan who in 1743 led a rising against the heavy taxes of Nader Shah's Afsharid Empire and defeated the forces sent against him. He made Shaki an independent khanate, the first of the Caucasian khanates to break from Persian rule, and campaigned against neighbouring powers until his death.
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