Arash Sultanate

Sultanate of Arash
ارش سلطان‌لیغی
1747–1795
StatusSultanate
Under Shaki Khanate suzerainty[1]
CapitalArash
Common languagesPersian (official),[2] Azerbaijani
Sultan 
History 
• Establishment
1747
• Abolished within Shaki Khanate
1795
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Safavid Empire
Russian Empire
Areshsky Uyezd

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]

  1. ^ Shakikhanov, Karim agha. "KERIM AGA FATEH. BRIEF HISTORY OF SHEKI KHANS". www.drevlit.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  2. ^ 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].