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Name: gazikumukh khanate

Type: Cluster

Start: 1643 AD

End: 1859 AD

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The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Gazikumukh Khanate
  • Gazikumukh Khanate (Russia)
  • Establishment


  • January 1643: The Gazikumukh Khanate was founded by the Lak people in present-day Dagestan in 1642.
  • Chronology


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    1. Russo-Persian Wars


    Were a series of wars between Persia and Russia in the period 1651-1828.

    1.1.Russo-Persian War (1722-23)

    Was a war between the Russian Empire and Safavid Iran, triggered by the Tsar's attempt to expand Russian influence in the Caspian and Caucasus regions.

  • June 1724: The Treaty of Constantinople (1724) concluded between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire, dividing large portions of the Safavid Iran between them. Iranian lands located on the east of the conjunction of the rivers Kurosh (Kur) and Aras were given to the Russians. These comprised the provinces in northern mainland Iran (Gilan, Mazandaran and Astrabad), the territories in Dagestan (amongst which Derbent), as well as Baku and the territory surrounding it in the Shirvan province.
  • March 1735: The Treaty of Ganja concluded between the Russian Empire and Iran established a defensive alliance against the Ottoman Empire. The Russian government agreed to return the remaining territories in the North Caucasus and South Caucasus, including Derbend and Baku, that had been conquered by Peter I in the 1720s.

  • 1.2.Persian Expedition of 1796

    Was a Russian military campaign in Persia.

  • July 1796: In June, Russian General Zubov's troops took most of northern Azerbaijan without resistance, including the Baku, Shirvan, and Ganja khanates.
  • January 1797: After Russian empress Catherine the Great died that month and Paul succeeded her on the throne, the Russian army under general Valerian Zubov was recalled from Persia.

  • 2. Conquests of Nader Shah


    Expansion during the rule of Nader Shah of the Afsharid Dynasty.

    2.1.Nader's Dagestan campaign

    Were a series of campaigns conducted by the Persian Empire under the ruling king Nader Shah between the years 1741 and 1743 in order to fully subjugate the Dagestan region in the North Caucasus Area.

  • January 1744: Military campaigns conducted by the Persian Empire between the years 1741 and 1743 lead to the full subjugation of the Dagestan region in the North Caucasus Area.
  • January 1746: Nader Shah (Afsharid Dynasty) was forced to withdraw from Dagestan (with the exception of the northernmost territories).

  • 3. Caucasian War


    Was a series of Russian military expeditions into northern Caucasus that resulted in the inglobation of this region in the Russian Empire.

  • January 1860: In 1859 after the death of Aglar-khan, the Gazikumukh Khanate was abolished "due to absence of heir", although there was such heir: Jafar-bek, son of Aglar-khan, who was still young. The territory of Khanate annexed to Russia as the Gazikumukh District.

  • 4. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1821: The Gazikumukh Khanate was conquered by Russian empire.

  • January 1829: The Caucasian Imamate was founded in 1828 by Ghazi Mohammed by merging several areas that where still ummune of Russian control in the region.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1860: In 1859 after the death of Aglar-khan, the Gazikumukh Khanate was abolished "due to absence of heir", although there was such heir: Jafar-bek, son of Aglar-khan, who was still young. The territory of Khanate annexed to Russia as the Gazikumukh District.
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