Erivan Province (Safavid Iran)
The Erivan Province (Persian: ولایت ایروان, romanized: Velāyat-e Iravān), also known as Chokhur-e Sa'd (Persian: چخور سعد), was a province of Safavid Iran, centered on the territory of the present-day Armenia. Erivan (Yerevan) was the provincial capital and the seat of the Safavid governors.
Velāyat-e Iravān Chokhur-e Sa'd | |||||||
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| 1502–1736 | |||||||
The administrative divisions of Safavid Iran in the South Caucasus | |||||||
| Status | Province of Safavid Iran | ||||||
| Capital | Erivan (Yerevan) | ||||||
| Common languages | Persian, Azerbaijani, Kurdish, Armenian | ||||||
| Government | Province | ||||||
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| Today part of | Armenia Azerbaijan Iran Turkey | ||||||
At the end of the Safavid period, it had the following administrative jurisdictions; Bayazid, Maghazberd (now near Üçbölük village of Arpaçay district), Maku, Nakhchivan, Sadarak, Shadidlu, Zaruzbil, and the tribal district of the Donbolis.
The provinces of Erivan and Karabakh were the two administrative territories that made up Iranian Armenia.
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