Realm · approximate borders · 1747–1813

Talysh Khanate

One of the khanates that became self-governing after Nader Shah's death (1747) under nominal Iranian suzerainty. Russia annexed the khanates or acquired them by treaty (Gulistan 1813, Turkmenchay 1828); several khans ruled on as Russian vassals for some years.

Caspian khanate of Lankaran; passed to Russia by the Treaty of Gulistan (1813). Sources: Wikipedia 'Talysh Khanate'.

See Talysh Khanate on the map in 1747

On the map: 1747–1813
Capital: Lankaran

Rulers named in the sources

Seyid Abbas 1747
Qara Khan 1747–1786
Mir Mustafa Khan 1786–1814

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.