Arash Sultanate

Sultanate of Arash ارش سلطان‌لیغی
1747–1795
Status	Sultanate Under Shaki Khanate suzerainty [1]
Capital	Arash
Common languages	Persian (official), [2] Azerbaijani
Sultan
History
• Establishment	1747
• Abolished within Shaki Khanate	1795
Preceded by Succeeded by Safavid Empire Russian Empire Areshsky Uyezd

Arash Sultanate was a feudal fiefdom that existed between 1747-1795 in Transcaucasus. It comprised modern Aghdash, Yevlakh and Mingachevir raion of Azerbaijan.^{[ citation needed ]}

History

Arash as a city was founded in 15th century. It was governed within Shirvan beylarbeylik of Safavid Empire. Later, it was later put under suzerainty of Shaki Khanate by Haji Chalabi Khan. It consisted of 27 settlements with ~5000 population, 19% of them being Armenian or Udi.^{[ citation needed ]}

Sultans

• Malik Ali – was involved in Aghakishi beg's murder in 1759. Later, rebelled against Muhammad Husayn Khan Mushtaq who was his son-in-law in 1761, but put under his suzerainty with confirmation from Fatali khan Afshar. ^[3] Killed shortly after that.
• Malik Ali Muhammad – son of former.
• Malik Ali Husayn
• Shabaddin Sultan – nephew of Malik Ali, rebelled against Muhammad Hasan khan, killed in 1795. ^[4] After his death, sultanate was abolished and absorbed into Shaki Khanate as a district.

References

1. Shakikhanov, Karim agha. "KERIM AGA FATEH. BRIEF HISTORY OF SHEKI KHANS". www.drevlit.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-07-01.
2. Swietochowski, Tadeusz (2004). Russian Azerbaijan, 1905-1920: The Shaping of a National Identity in a Muslim Community. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 12. ISBN   978-0521522458. (...) and Persian continued to be the official language of the judiciary and the local administration [even after the abolishment of the khanates].
3. Shakikhanov, Karim agha. "Brief History of Shaki Khans". www.drevlit.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-07-03.
4. History of Shaki in Sources. Tahirzadä, Ädalät., Azärbaycan Milli Elmlär Akademiyası. Şäki Regional Elmi Märkäzi. Bakı: Master. 2005. p. 217. ISBN   0976995409. OCLC   64428641.