khanate · Caucasus
Nakhichevan Khanate
Origins
After Nader Shah's death in 1747, Haydar Quli Khan of the Turkic Kangarlu tribe declared himself khan of Nakhichevan, an old trading town on the road from Tabriz to the Caucasus. The khanate covered the valleys along the Araxes between Erivan and Karabakh.
Rule and society
The khans relied on their Kangarlu tribesmen and on Armenian and Muslim farmers growing grain, cotton and fruit with irrigation, while the town traded salt from nearby mines. Their small state was squeezed between the Erivan Khanate, the Karabakh Khanate and Persia; Agha Muhammad Khan Qajar had Kalbali Khan blinded for his resistance.
Decline and legacy
In the Russo-Persian War of 1826-1828, Ehsan Khan Kangarlu went over to Russia, and the Treaty of Turkmenchay in 1828 ceded the khanate to the Russian Empire, which joined it with Erivan in the Armenian Oblast.
Lineage
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- Nakhichevan Khanate paid tribute to Zand Empire1763 CE – 1779 CE
- Nakhichevan Khanate was a vassal of Qajar Iran1795 CE – 1828 CE
- Nakhichevan Khanate was conquered by Russian Empire1828 CE
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Nakhichevan Khanate. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/nakhichevan-khanate
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