Sultanate of Elisu | |||||||||
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| 1604–1844 | |||||||||
 Map of the former Sultanate of Elisu. An illustration from the Collection of Information about the Caucasian Mountaineers. (in Russian, 1868–1881) | |||||||||
| Status | Sultanate | ||||||||
| Capital | Tsakhur (16-18th century) İlisu | ||||||||
| Common languages | Tsakhur, Azerbaijani, Georgian. | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam (majority) and Georgian Orthodox Church (minority) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern | ||||||||
• Shah Abbas I of Persia took these lands from the king of Kingdom of Kakheti and granted them to the Dagestani feudal clans | 1604 | ||||||||
• conquered by Russian Empire | 1844 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Azerbaijan Georgia | ||||||||
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The Sultanate of Elisu, also known as Elisou or Ilisu, was a sultanate in the 18th and 19th centuries.[1]