Demetrius I, from the Bagrationi dynasty, was King of Georgia from 1125 to 1156. He is also known as a poet.
Battle of Shamkor was fought on June 1, 1195 near the city of Shamkor, Arran. the battle was a major victory won by the Georgian army, commanded by David Soslan, over the army of the Eldiguzid ruler of Nusrat al-Din Abu Bakr.
Khalilullah I (Halil) (1418–1465) was 34th ruler of Shirvan and son of Ibrahim I of Shirvan. He was succeeded by Shirvanshah Farrukh Yassar, his son.
Farrukh Yassar was the last independent Shirvanshah of Shirvan (1465–1500). In 1500, the first Safavid ruler, Ismail I, decisively defeated and killed Farrukh Yassar during his conquest of the area. Descendants of Farrukh Yassar continued to rule Shirvan under Safavid suzerainty, until 1538, when Ismail's son and successor Tahmasp I appointed its first Safavid governor, and made it a fully functioning Safavid province.
Sheikh Junayd was the son of Shaykh Ibrahim. After the death of his father, he assumed the leadership of the Safaviyya from 1447–1460.
Ahmad of Shirvan was the eighth Shah of Shirvan and fourth Shah of Layzan. His throne was contested by his brother Tabarsaranshah Haytham ibn Muhammad, who later attacked Shirvan with the Sallarid ruler Ibrahim I in 968, in order to reaffirm Sallarid authority over Shirvan, forcing the Shirvanshah to pay him tribute, then he escaped to Darband and marched with local rulers to Shirvan but he eventually defeated by native people and retreated to Tabarsaran. Ahmad was succeeded by Muhammad.
Shirvanshah Manuchehr III The Great was the nineteenth independent Shah of Shirvan.
Kavus was the 32nd ruler of Shirvan. He was a son of Shirvanshah Keykubad I and older brother of Prince Sultan Muhammad.
Hushang was the 32nd ruler of Shirvan and last member of the Kasranid branch of House of Shirvanshah.
Burhan Ali - was self-declared Shah of Shirvan. He claimed to be son of Khalilullah II.
Mehrab Mirza was the self-declared Shah of Shirvan after the death of Burhan Ali.
Gurban - was self-declared Shah of Shirvan after downfall of Mehrab of Shirvan.
Ibrahim I ibn Marzuban I was the Sallarid ruler of Dvin (957–979) and later Azerbaijan. He was the son and successor of Marzuban ibn Muhammad.
Amir Tahmuras Darbandi was a member of House of Shirvanshah, ruling dynasty of Shirvan. He was a great-grandson of Shirvanshah Keykubad I and cousin of Khalilullah I.
Prince Sultan Muhammad was a member of the House of Shirvanshah. He was a son of Shirvanshah Keykubad I, brother of Shirvanshah Kavus, and father of Ibrahim I of Shirvan and Bahlul of Shirvan.
House of Derbent — was a younger branch of Shirvanshahs.
Badr Shirvani was a Persian poet. He spent most of his career at the court of the Shirvanshahs, but received patronage from other rulers as well.
Georgian Shirvan refers to a period between 1124 and 1239 when Shirvan came under the Georgian political dominance and since then the Shirvanshahs became the protectorate of the Kingdom of Georgia, as the result of David IV of Georgia's gradual expansions against the Seljuk Turks. Until the Mongol invasion and subjugation of Georgia by resurgent Mongol Empire in 1239, Georgian kings officially bore the title of Shirvanshahs, and sporadically assumed this title down to sixteenth century.
