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Sultanate of Arash ارش سلطانلیغی | |||||||||||
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| 1747–1795 | |||||||||||
| Status | Sultanate Under Shaki Khanate suzerainty[1] | ||||||||||
| Capital | Arash | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Persian (official),[2] Azerbaijani | ||||||||||
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| History | |||||||||||
• Establishment | 1747 | ||||||||||
• Abolished within Shaki Khanate | 1795 | ||||||||||
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Arash Sultanate was a feudal fiefdom that existed between 1747-1795 in Transcaucasus. It comprised modern Aghdash, Yevlakh and Mingachevir raion of Azerbaijan.[citation needed]
- ^ Shakikhanov, Karim agha. "KERIM AGA FATEH. BRIEF HISTORY OF SHEKI KHANS". www.drevlit.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-07-01.
- ^ Swietochowski, Tadeusz (2004). Russian Azerbaijan, 1905-1920: The Shaping of a National Identity in a Muslim Community. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0521522458.
(...) and Persian continued to be the official language of the judiciary and the local administration [even after the abolishment of the khanates].