Hajji Beg was fourth Khan of Ganja from 1784 to 1786. A member of Ziyadoghlu Qajar family Hajji Beg led a rebellion against the Georgian troops occupying Ganja in 1783 with support from Ibrahim Khalil of Karabakh and ruled the khanate from late 1783 to 1786.[1][2] After successful rebellion, he invited Ali bek, the leader of Dzhengutay Kumyks to protect Ganja, whom were under attack from Heraclius II who did not want to come to terms with the loss of Ganja. Already in the autumn of 1784, with the help of Russian troops led by colonel Stepan Burnashev (1743-1824), he undertook a campaign against Ganja.
Hajji Beg | |
|---|---|
| Khan of Ganja | |
| Reign | 1783 - 1786 |
| Predecessor | Title last held by Muhammad II |
| Successor | Rahim Khan |
| Died | 1786 (?) |
| Noble family | Ziyadoghlu Qajar |
However, his rule soon came to an end when, according to Butkov, the brother of the late khan, Rahim bey, allegedly managed to escape from prison in the same year and reassert himself on the Ganja throne[2] supported by Muhammad Hasan of Shaki.[3]
References edit
- ^ Akopyan, Alexander V (Autumn 2008). "Ganja Coins of Georgian Types, AH 1200–1205" (PDF). Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society. 197 (Supplement: Caucasian Numismatics, Papers on the Coinage of Kartl-Kakheti (Eastern Georgia), 1744–1801): 47–52. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-11.
- ^ a b Butkov, Pyotr (1869). Материалы для новой истории Кавказа, с 1722 по 1803 год [Materials for the new history of the Caucasus, from 1722 to 1803] (in Russian). Saint Petersburg. p. 159.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Babayev, Elgun (2003). Из истории Гянджинского ханства [From the history of the Ganja Khanate] (PDF) (in Russian). Baku: Nurlan. p. 29.
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