Realm · approximate borders · 1146–1225

Eldiguzids (Atabegs of Azerbaijan)

Atabegs of Azerbaijan, founded by Shams al-Din Eldiguz (atabeg from 1136), who controlled the Seljuk sultans of Iraq and with them Azerbaijan, Arran and the Jibal (1146–1194); after Tughril III's death (1194) they held Azerbaijan and Arran until Jalal al-Din Khwarazmshah took Tabriz in 1225. Sources: Wikipedia 'Eldiguzids'.

See Eldiguzids (Atabegs of Azerbaijan) on the map in 1146

On the map: 1146–1225
Capital: Nakhchivan, Hamadan and Tabriz; Tabriz

Rulers named in the sources

Shams al-Din Eldiguz 1136–1175
Muhammad Jahan Pahlavan 1175–1186
Qizil Arslan 1186–1191
Abu Bakr 1191–1210
Muzaffar al-Din Uzbek 1210–1225

States of the Middle East, 2400 BCE–1886

Among the smaller states of Anatolia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Arabia, Iran and the South Caucasus were Bronze and Iron Age kingdoms (Ebla, Mari, Yamhad, Kizzuwatna, Arzawa, Ugarit, Aram-Damascus, Ammon, Moab, Edom, Mannaea), the city-kingdoms of Cyprus, Characene, Elymais, Hatra, Kinda and Muhammad's state at Medina; the Caucasian kingdoms and emirates of the 9th–12th centuries (Tbilisi, Lori, Kakheti-Hereti, Syunik, Kars) and the dynasties of the 'Iranian intermezzo' (Sallarids, Rawwadids, Hasanwayhids, Kakuyids, Marwanids, Uqaylids, Mirdasids, Mazyadids, Ikhshidids); the Burids of Damascus, the Nizari Ismaili castles, the atabegs of Azerbaijan, Fars, Luristan and Kerman; the eastern Anatolian beyliks (Saltukids, Mengujekids, Shah-Armens, Artuqids, Eretnids, Kadi Burhan al-Din, Erzincan, Tacettin, Lâdik, Alaiye); the Mamluk pashas of Baghdad; Arabian states from the Sulayhids to the Jabrids, Bani Khalid, Kathiri, Mahra and Lahej; and the South Caucasus khanates of 1747–1828. Few pre-modern sources describe frontiers.