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Name: Tabriz Khanate

Type: Polity

Start: 1748 AD

End: 1802 AD

Parent: persia (modern)

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Was one of the many polities that emerged in Caucasus as a result of the weakening of the central power in Persia. Nominally, it was still a vassal of Persia.

Establishment


  • January 1748: The Tabriz Khanate formed as a result of the weakening of the central power in Persia after the assassination of Afsharid ruler Nadir Shah.
  • Chronology


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    1. Conquests of Adel Shah


    Expansion during the rule of Adel Shah of Afsharid Iran.


    2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1753: Azad Khan Afghan rose to control all the territory between Ardabil and Urmia by 1752.

  • January 1758: By June 1757, Azad Khan Afghan had lost Isfahan, Tabriz, and Urmia to the resurgent Qajars.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1803: The Tabriz Khanate, which existed until 1802, was abolished and annexed as a province to Persia.
  • Selected Sources


  • Perry, J. R. (1987): "Āzād Khan Afḡān" in: Encyclopædia Iranica, https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/azad-khan-afgan-d
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