Native Name: | ارش سلطانلیغی |
Conventional Long Name: | Sultanate of Arash |
Common Name: | Arash sultanate |
Status: | Sultanate |
Status Text: | Sultanate Under Shaki Khanate suzerainty[1] |
Year Start: | 1747 |
Year End: | 1795 |
Event Start: | Establishment |
Event End: | Abolished within Shaki Khanate |
P1: | Safavid Empire |
Flag P1: | Safavid Flag.svg |
S1: | Russian Empire |
Flag S1: | Flag of Russia.svg |
S2: | Areshsky Uyezd |
Flag S2: | Coat of Arms of Yelizavetpol Governorate.png |
Flag Border: | no |
Capital: | Arash |
Common Languages: | Persian (official),[2] Azerbaijani |
Title Leader: | Sultan |
Leader1: | Malik Ali |
Arash Sultanate was a feudal fiefdom that existed between 1747-1795 in Transcaucasus. It comprised modern Aghdash, Yevlakh and Mingachevir raion of Azerbaijan.
Arash as a city was founded in 15th century. It was governed within Shirvan beylarbeylik of Safavid Empire. Later, it was later put under suzerainty of Shaki Khanate by Haji Chalabi Khan. It consisted of 27 settlements with ~5000 population, 19% of them being Armenian or Udi.
. Swietochowski. Tadeusz. Tadeusz Swietochowski. Russian Azerbaijan, 1905-1920: The Shaping of a National Identity in a Muslim Community. 2004. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 978-0521522458. 12. (...) and Persian continued to be the official language of the judiciary and the local administration [even after the abolishment of the khanates]..