Safavid Shirvan
The Shirvan province (Persian: ولایت شیروان, romanized: Velāyat-e Shirvān) was a province founded by the Safavid Empire on the territory of modern Azerbaijan and Russia (Dagestan) between 1501 and 1736 with its capital in the town of Shamakhi.
Shirvan Velāyat-e Shirvān ولایت شیروان | |||||||||
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| 1501–1736 | |||||||||
| Status | Province of the Safavid Empire Under Ottoman occupation (1583–1607) | ||||||||
| Capital | Shamakhi | ||||||||
| Common languages | Azerbaijani, Persian, Armenian | ||||||||
| Government | Province | ||||||||
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| History | |||||||||
• Establishment | 1501 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1736 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Azerbaijan Russia | ||||||||
The province had six administrative jurisdictions; Alpa'ur, Arash—Shaki, Baku, Chemeshgazak—Agdash, Derbent (Darband), Quba—Qolhan, and Saliyan. The capital of Shamakhi had a separate governor, but is not mentioned by the then contemporary historians and geographers to have formed a separate administrative jurisdiction.
Control over Shirvan was firmly held by the Safavids from the time of the subjugation of Shirvan (except for several brief Ottoman intermissions) when eventually the Afsharid ruler of Iran, Nader Shah established firm rule over the area until the area. After his death, the area was divided into various subordinate various khanates, before they were conquered by the Russian Empire from Qajar Iran in the course of the 19th century.