khanate · Caucasus
Erivan Khanate
Origins
The Erivan province had been an Iranian administrative unit since Safavid times. After the death of Nader Shah in 1747, its governors acted as autonomous khans of the Ararat plain and the area around Lake Sevan, while recognising Persian overlordship whenever a strong shah ruled.
Rule and society
The khans ruled from the fortress of Erivan over a mixed population of Muslims and Armenians, with Etchmiadzin, seat of the Armenian Catholicos, within the khanate. Irrigated farming of cotton, rice and fruit sustained it. The khanate paid tribute to the Zand Empire and to Erekle II of the Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti before Qajar Iran restored control. Hosein Qoli Khan Qajar, governor from 1807, built the Sardar's Palace.
Decline and legacy
Russian troops under Ivan Paskevich captured Erivan in 1827, and the Treaty of Turkmenchay in 1828 ceded the khanate to the Russian Empire. Combined with Nakhichevan, it became the Armenian Oblast, and many Armenians from Iran settled there.
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- Erivan Khanate paid tribute to Zand Empire1763 CE – 1779 CE
- Erivan Khanate paid tribute to Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti1779 CE – 1783 CE
- Erivan Khanate was a vassal of Qajar Iran1795 CE – 1828 CE
- Erivan Khanate was conquered by Russian Empire1828 CE
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