Shaki Khanate

Shaki Khanate
1743–1819
Location of Shaki Khanate
StatusKhanate
Under Iranian suzerainty (1743–1813)
Under Russian suzerainty (1813–1822)
CapitalShaki (1743–1772)
Nukha (1772–1819)
Common languagesPersian (administration, judiciary, and literature)
Arabic (religious studies)
Azerbaijani (locally)
Lezgian (locally)
Armenian (locally)
Khan 
• 1743–1755
Haji Chalabi Khan (first)
• 1814–1819
Ismail Khan Donboli (last)
History 
• Established
1743
1813
• Abolished by the Russian Empire
1819
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Afsharid Iran
Russian Empire
Entrance to the Palace of Shaki khans

The Shaki Khanate (also spelled Shakki; Persian: خانات شکی, romanizedKhānāt-e Shakkī) was a khanate under Iranian and later Russian suzerainty, which controlled the town of Shaki and its surroundings, now located in present-day Azerbaijan.


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