Safavid Karabakh
The province of Karabakh (also spelled Qarabagh; Persian: ولایت قره باغ, romanized: Ostān-e Qarabāgh) was a north-western province of the Safavid Iran, centered on the geographic region of Karabakh.
Province of Karabakh Ostān-e Qarabagh | |||||||||
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| 1501–1736 | |||||||||
The administrative divisions of Safavid Iran in the South Caucasus | |||||||||
| Status | Province of Safavid Iran | ||||||||
| Capital | Ganja | ||||||||
| Government | Province | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Armenia Azerbaijan | ||||||||
The governorship of Karabakh was generally held by a member of the Qajars, one of the Qizilbash tribes. Its highlands were controlled by the five Armenian melikdoms.
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