Ardabil Khanate
1747–1808
StatusKhanate
CapitalArdabil
Common languagesPersian (official), Azerbaijani (Majority)
Religion
Islam
GovernmentKhanate
History 
 Established
1747
 Independence from Afsharids
1747
 Disestablished
1808
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Afsharid Iran
Qajar Iran

Ardabil Khanate (Persian: خانات اردبیل) was an 18th-19th century khanate based in Ardabil. It was established by Badr Khan in 1736, who attended the coronation of Nader Shah in January 1736.[1] The khanate was ruled by Sarikhanbayli clan of Shahsevan tribal alliance. It was disestablished in 1808 and converted to a province of Qajar Iran.

List of rulers

References

  1. Tapper 1997, p. 105.

Sources

  • Bournoutian, George (2021). From the Kur to the Aras: A Military History of Russia's Move into the South Caucasus and the First Russo-Iranian War, 1801–1813. Brill. ISBN 978-9004445154.
  • Tapper, Richard (1997). Frontier Nomads of Iran: A Political and Social History of the Shahsevan. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-52158-336-7.


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