Person

Panah Ali Khan

d. 1763 · 18th century

Panah Ali Khan of the Javanshir tribe founded the Karabakh Khanate after the death of Nader Shah in 1747. He built a series of fortresses and in the 1750s founded Shusha on a mountain plateau, with the help of Melik Shahnazar of Varanda, and brought the Armenian meliks of Karabakh under his rule.

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Melikdoms of Karabakh Karabakh Khanate

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