The Armenian autonomous duchies in Karabakh. Their origins and role.By the time of establishing the Karabakh khanate, there still existed 5 Armenian
In the mountainous part of Karabakh khanate, there were small feudal entities – melikdoms: Khachen, Varanda, Talish (or Gulistan), Dizak and Jeraberd, which
At the time of the Safavid state, the entire territory of Azerbaijan was made up of four beylerbeydoms: Shirvan, Karabakh (or Ganja),
On orders from Panah Ali-khan, the ancient castles of Asgaran and Shah-Bulag, where the centre of the khanate was moved, were restored.
At the beginning of the 18th century, the Safavid State became very weak as a result of internal conflicts and war with
In the first half of the XVIII c. the political situation in the Safavids State was still tense. In war with Afghans
The Karabakh khanate was one of 18 state formations, which emerged in Azerbaijan in the mid XVIII c., after long period of
From the moment the Karabakh khanate was created it underwent attacks at the hands of the Iranian rulers and neighboring Azeri khanates. As
Courageous resistance of Shushavians to the invasion of Iranian troops headed by Agha Muhammad khan in 1795 is the brightest page in