Shahverdi Khan of Ganja

Shahverdi Khan of Ganja
Khan of Ganja
Reign1747 – 1768
SuccessorMuhammad Hasan Khan
Died1768
Ganja, Ganja Khanate
Noble familyZiyadoghlu Qajar
FatherKelb Ali Musahib-Ganjavi

Shahverdi Khan Ziyadoghlu (died 1768) was the beylerbey of Karabakh from 1740 to 1743 and first khan of Ganja from 1747 to 1760. He was from the Ziyadoglu branch of the Qajar clan who ruled the Beylerbeylik of Karabakh as hereditary governors.[1][2]

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