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Mehdi Qoli Khan

d. 1845 · 19th century · Also known as Mehdi Qoli Khan Javanshir

Mehdi Qoli Khan was the last khan of Karabakh, succeeding his father Ibrahim Khalil Khan in 1806 under Russian overlordship. Fearing loss of power, he fled to Persia in 1822, after which the Russian Empire abolished the khanate and made it a province. He later returned to Russian territory. His daughter was the poet Khurshidbanu Natavan.

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