Talysh Khanate خانات تالش (Persian) | |||||||||||||
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Khanate Under Iranian suzerainty[1] | |||||||||||||
1747–1828[2] | |||||||||||||
![]() Talysh Khanate at its greatest extent (1826–1828) | |||||||||||||
Capital | Lankaran | ||||||||||||
Demonym | Talyshi | ||||||||||||
Government | Khanate | ||||||||||||
Khan | |||||||||||||
• 1747–1787 | Qara Khan | ||||||||||||
• 1787–1814 | Mir Mustafa Khan | ||||||||||||
• 1814–1828 | Mir Hassan Khan | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Early modern period | ||||||||||||
• Established | 1747 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1828[2] | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Iran Azerbaijan |
History of Iran |
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The Talysh Khanate or Talish Khanate (Persian: خانات تالش, romanized: Khānāt-e Tālesh) was an Iranian khanate of Iranian origin that was established in Afsharid Persia and existed from the middle of the 18th century till the beginning of the 19th century, located in the south-west coast of the Caspian Sea.
It comprised the southeastern part of the modern-day Republic of Azerbaijan and the eastern tip of north-western Iran. The capital of the khanate was its chief city, Lankaran. As a result of the Persian defeat in the Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828, the khanate was dissolved and absorbed by the Russian Empire.
The uncertainty surrounding the history of Talysh Khanate is not due only to the paucity of sources, a further problem is the rarity of studies about it. Several studies and short surveys appeared in Russian, Azerbaijani, Turkish, and Persian. Regrettably, some of these studies are tenuous and contain erroneous and biased interpretations.[3]
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