Ganja Khanate
The Ganja Khanate (Persian: خانات گنجه, romanized: Khānāt-e Ganjeh) was a khanate under Iranian suzerainty, which controlled the town of Ganja and its surroundings, now located in present-day Azerbaijan.
Ganja Khanate | |||||||||
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| 1747–1805 | |||||||||
| Status | Khanate Under Iranian suzerainty | ||||||||
| Capital | Ganja | ||||||||
| Common languages | Persian (administration, judiciary, and literature) Arabic (religious studies) Azerbaijani Armenian | ||||||||
| Religion | Shia Islam (official) Sunni Islam and Armenian Apostolic Church (unofficial) | ||||||||
| Khan | |||||||||
• 1748–1780 | Shahverdi Khan Ziyadoghlu (first) | ||||||||
• 1786–1804 | Javad Khan (last) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1747 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1805 | ||||||||
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The khanate was ruled by the Ziyadoghlu clan of the Turkic Qajar tribe, who had previously held the governorship of Karabakh under the Safavid dynasty of Iran.
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