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Baku Khanate was nominally Persian ruled independent principalityPrincipality

A principality is a monarchical feudatory or sovereign state, ruled or reigned over by a Monarch with the title of prince or...
 on the territory of modern day AzerbaijanAzerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan , is a country in the South Caucasus....
 between 1747 and 1806.

It was founded by Dargah Quli Khan of AfsharAfshar

Afshar may refer to:* Afshar language, a Turkic language spoken in parts of Afghanistan and Iran...
 tribe, whose KizilbashKizilbash

Kizilbash - "Red Heads" - name given to a wide variety of extremist Shi'ite militant groups who helped found the Saf...
 ancestors were granted lands near BakuBaku

Baku , sometimes known as Baky or Baki, is the capital and the largest city of Azerbaijan....
 in 1592. Khanate was independent during the reign of his son Mirza Muhammad Khan, later the khanate became a dependency of a stronger khanate of QubaFacts About Quba Khanate

Quba Khanate was an independent principality on the territory of modern day Azerbaijan between 1747 and 1806....
. Feudal infighting in the 1790s resulted in Husayn Quli Khan taking the power away from Russian-leaning brother, Muhammed Quli Khan  (father of a writer Abbasqulu Bakikhanov).

Russian forces tried to besiege Baku during third Russo-Persian War (1804-1813)Russo-Persian War (1804-1813) Summary

The 1804-1813 Russo-Persian War, one of the many wars between the Persian Empire and Imperial Russia, began like many wars a...
 (1804-1813). They were led by general Pavel TsitsianovPavel Tsitsianov

Prince Pavel Dmitriyevich Tsitsianov was an Imperial Russian military commander and infantry general from 1804....
, who was assassinated in February 1806, near the city gates. Baku was finally occupied by Russian forces led by general BulgakovBulgakov

Bulgakov is a widespread Russian surname and may refer to:...
 in September 1806, and Husayn Quli Khan was forced into exile.

Khans:
172?-1728 Dargah Quli Khan
1747-1768 Mirza Muhammad Khan
1768 -1770 Fath `Ali Khan
1770-1772 Abd Allah Beg
1772-1783 Malik Muhammad Khan
1784-1791 Mirza Muhammad Khan
1791-1792 Muhammad Quli Khan
1792-1806 Husayn Quli Khan

See also

  • Khanates of the CaucasusKhanates of the Caucasus

    During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Caucasus, especially the Southern Caucasus, was divided into small khanates, either belong...