Arash Sultanate

Arash Sultanate (Azerbaijani: ارش سلطان‌لیغی / Ərəş sultanlığı) was a feudal fiefdom that existed between 1747-1795 in Transcaucasus. It comprised modern Aghdash, Yevlakh and Mingachevir rayons of Azerbaijan.

Sultanate of Arash

Ərəş Sultanlığı
1747–1795
StatusSultanate
Under Shaki Khanate suzerainty[1]
CapitalArash
Common languagesPersian (official),[2] Azerbaijani
GovernmentSultanate
Sultan 
History 
• Establishment
1747
• Abolished within Shaki Khanate
1795
Preceded by		Succeeded by
Safavid Empire
Russian Empire
Areshsky Uyezd

History

Arash as a city was founded in 15th century. It was governed within Shirvan beylarbeylik of Safavid Empire. Later it was later put under suzerainty of Shaki Khanate by Haji Chalabi Khan. It consisted of 27 settlements with ~5000 population, 19% of them being Armenian or Udi.

Sultans
  • Malik Ali – was involved in Aghakishi beg's murder in 1759. Later rebelled against Muhammad Husayn Khan Mushtaq who was his son-in-law in 1761, but put under his suzerainty with confirmation from Fatali khan Afshar.[3] Killed shortly after that.
  • Malik Ali Muhammad – son of former.
  • Malik Ali Husayn
  • Shabaddin Sultan – nephew of Malik Ali, rebelled against Muhammad Hasan khan, killed in 1795.[4] After his death sultanate was abolished and absorbed into Shaki Khanate as a district.

References
  1. Shakikhanov, Karim agha. "KERIM AGA FATEH. BRIEF HISTORY OF SHEKI KHANS". www.drevlit.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  2. Swietochowski, Tadeusz (2004). Russian Azerbaijan, 1905-1920: The Shaping of a National Identity in a Muslim Community. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0521522458. (...) and Persian continued to be the official language of the judiciary and the local administration [even after the abolishment of the khanates].
  3. Shakikhanov, Karim agha. "Brief History of Shaki Khans". www.drevlit.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  4. History of Shaki in Sources. Tahirzadä, Ädalät., Azärbaycan Milli Elmlär Akademiyası. Şäki Regional Elmi Märkäzi. Bakı: Master. 2005. p. 217. ISBN 0976995409. OCLC 64428641.CS1 maint: others (link)
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