Javad Khanate
Javad Khanate (Persian: خانات جواد) was a Caucasian khanate with its capital in the town of Javad. It extended from Javad on the Kura River southwest along the east side of the Aras River. It was bordered by the Shamakhy (north), Karabakh (west), Karadagh (southwest) and Talysh khanates (south), and the Salyan Sultanate (east), its territory lays within modern Azerbaijan.
Khanate of Javad خانات جواد | |||||||||||||
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| 1747–1805 | |||||||||||||
Javad Khanate and adjacent khantes | |||||||||||||
| Status | Khanate Under suzerainty of Iranian | ||||||||||||
| Capital | Javad | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Shia Islam | ||||||||||||
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| History | |||||||||||||
• Establishment | 1747 | ||||||||||||
• Abolished within Russian Empire | 1805 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Abbasi (currency) | ||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Azerbaijan | ||||||||||||
It was formed in the middle of the 18th century in the area where the Kura and Aras rivers meet. In 1768 it was dependent on the Quba Khanate. The area was annexed to Russia in 1805 (see Caucasus Viceroyalty (1801–1917)).
Tsutsiev's atlas shows it on the 1763–1785 map. On the 1791–1801 map its territory is part of the Shirvan Khanate with some of the south belonging to Talysh.