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Surkhay Khan I
Surkhay Khan I was khan of Kazikumukh, the Lak state in the mountains of Dagestan, in the first half of the 18th century. Allied with Hajji Davud, he sacked Shamakhi in 1721 and afterwards ruled Shirvan for a time under Ottoman protection. He later resisted Nader Shah's campaigns in Dagestan.
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