House of Black Monk

House of Black Monk
Foundedc. 13th century
Final rulerSalim Khan
TitlesKhan of Shaki
Estate(s)Shakikhanovs' Palace
Palace of Shaki Khans
Deposition1806

The House of Black Monk was the ruling dynasty of the Shaki Khanate. It was first reported by Karim agha Shakikhanov, a scion of dynasty, in his Brief History of Shaki Khans written in Azerbaijani, included in Bernhard Dorn's "Excerpts from Muhammedan writers" in 1858.[1] However he mistakenly attributed the book to some certain Haji Abdullatif Afandi, while Azerbaijani poet Salman Mumtaz concluded that in fact it was Karim Shakikhanov's work.[2] It was republished in 1958, this time under the name of Karim agha. According to Azerbaijani historian Adalat Tahirzada, book might be commissioned by Ivan Paskevich - Russian general in Caucasus.[3]

  1. ^ Dorn, Boris Andreevich (1858). Auszüge aus Muhammedanischen Schriftstellern: betreffend die Geschichte und Geographie der südlichen Küstenländer des Kaspischen Meeres : nebst einer kurzen Geschichte der Chane von Scheki (in German). St. Peterburg: Eggers. p. 12. OCLC 28162672.
  2. ^ Mumtaz, Salman (1929). "Criticism and comments on "Brief History of Shaki Khans"". Maarif İşçisi [Enlightenment Worker] (in Azerbaijani). 2: 85–90.
  3. ^ History of Shaki in Sources. Tahirzadä, Ädalät., Azärbaycan Milli Elmlär Akademiyası. Şäki Regional Elmi Märkäzi. Bakı: Master. 2005. p. 17. ISBN 0976995409. OCLC 64428641.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)