The Sultanate of Shoragel | |||||||||
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around 1747–1805 | |||||||||
Status | Sultanate | ||||||||
Capital | Ertik | ||||||||
Common languages | Persian (partly official) Karapapakh Azerbaijani Armenian (minority)[1] | ||||||||
Religion | Islam | ||||||||
Government | Absolute monarchy | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | around 1747 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1805 | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
• Total | 1,037.91 km2 (400.74 sq mi) | ||||||||
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Today part of | Armenia |
Shoragel, Shuragel, Shorayel, or the Sultanate of Shoragel was a sultanate established around 1747, in the period of Afsharid dynasty in Persia, and it often was part of the Erivan Khanate.[2] Its area was 1037.91 versts (1181.16 km²), and the population mainly consisted of Turkic tribes.[3]