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Khoy Khanate

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Religion
  
Islam

Established
  
1747

Preceded by
  
Succeeded by

Founded
  
1747

Political structure
  
Khanate

Government
  
Khanate

Disestablished
  
1813

Capital
  
Khoy

Date dissolved
  
1813

Languages
  
Persian (official), Azerbaijani (Majority)

Khoy Khanate was an Iranian khanate (e.g. principality) in the province of Azerbaijan. The city of Khoy was inhabited and ruled by the Donboli clan, a Kurdish tribe originally from Anatolia, since the 14th century B.C. In 1530 Hajji Beg Donboli, son of Sheikh Ahmad Beg, received the rule over Khoy and Sokmanabad on behalf of the Safavid Shah Tahmasp II and could establish his family's rule over the whole area and finally also over the city of Tabriz, where another branch ruled the Tabriz Khanate.

Line of Khans of Khoy

  • Shahbaz Khan I (descendant of Hajji Beg), died 1731, 1st Khan of Khoy
  • Najaf Qoli Khan I (his son), born 1713, †1785, r. 1731–1785, 1734 entered service of Nader Shah Afshar and became chief musketeer, took part in campaign to India, entitled amir ol-'omara (lit. "commander of commanders"), 1742-1785 beglerbegi (governor-general) of Tabriz, 1769 governor of Khoy, 2nd Khan of Khoy
  • Shahbaz Khan II (his nephew), †1773, 1744 joined his uncle and entered service of Nader Shah Afshar, 1750 allied with Azad Khan Afghan, 1757 allied with Mohammad Hassan Khan Qajar (father of Agha Mohammad Khan), 1762 allied with Karim Khan Zand, 1747–1763 governor of Khoy and Salmas, 3rd Khan of Khoy
  • Ahmad Khan (his brother), *1735, †1786, 1763–1786 governor of Khoy, 4th Khan of Khoy
  • Hossein Qoli Khan (his son), *1756, †1798, 1786–1793 and 1797-1798 governor of Khoy, 1791 allied with Agha Mohammad Khan and his Qajar dynasty, became governor of Tabriz, Khoy and Ardabil, 1792 entitled amir ol-'omara ("chief commander") and beglerbegi ("governor-general") of Azerbaijan, 1793 fell out of favor but was in 1797 reinstated by Fath Ali Shah Qajar in all posts, 5th Khan of Khoy
  • Jafar Qoli Khan (his brother), †1814, 1793–1797 and 1798–1799 governor of Khoy, migrated 1800 to Russia and became 1806-1814 governor of Shekki, 6th Khan of Khoy. His grandchild, Fatali Khan Khoyski, became in 1918 the first prime minister of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
  • Mohammad Sadegh Khan (son of Hossein Qoli Khan), amir ol-'omara, 1798–1813 governor of Azerbaijan, 7th Khan of Khoy.

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    Khoy Khanate Wikipedia
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