Mirza Muhammad Khan I

Mirza Muhammad khan I
Khan of Baku
Reign1747 – 1768
Coronation1747
PredecessorGalem of Gilan (as governor for Afsharids)
SuccessorMalik Muhammad Khan
Bornc. 1727
Baku
Died17 October 1768(1768-10-17) (aged 40–41)
Baku
Burial
Karbala
FatherDargah Qoli Beg
ReligionShia Islam

Mirza Muhammad Khan I was the founding Khan of the Baku Khanate.[1][2] He was a descendant of the Iranian garrison commander of Baku of 1723.[3]

  1. ^ Zonn 2010, p. 65.
  2. ^ Bloom 2009, p. 464.
  3. ^ Atkin, Muriel (1980). Russia and Iran, 1780-1828. University of Minnesota Press. p. 18.