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Name: tabasaran

Type: Cluster

Start: 1643 AD

End: 1813 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Tabasaran Principality
  • Tabasaran Principality (Russia)
  • Establishment


  • January 1643: The Tabasaran Principality emerged as one of many smaller states from the disintegration of the Shamkhalate of Gazikumukh in 1642. The Shamkhalate was ruled by the Shamkhal dynasty, who were influential leaders in the region of Dagestan.
  • 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. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1807: In 1806, Maysum, Qadi and other Tabasaran feudal lords took Russian citizenship.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1814: In 1813 Tabasaran was finally annexed to the Russian Empire.
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