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Shirvanshah | |||||||||
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| 861–1538 | |||||||||
 Map of the Caucasus in 1311, with Shirvan being located on the far right | |||||||||
| Capital | Shamakhi (initially) Baku (later) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Persian (court, literature, dynastic) Arabic (initially dynastic) | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Governorship, later Monarchy | ||||||||
• 861–801 | Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani (first) | ||||||||
• 1535–1538 | Shahrukh (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages and the Early modern period | ||||||||
• Established | 861 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1538 | ||||||||
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Shirvanshah[a] (Arabic: دولة شروانشاه, Persian: شروانشاه), was the title of the rulers of Shirvan from 861 to 1538. The first ruling line were the Yazidids, an originally Arab but speedily Persianized dynasty, who later became known as the Kasranids.[b]
- ^ Barthold & Bosworth 1997a, p. 488.
- ^ Minorsky 1958, p. 2.
- ^ Vacca 2017, p. 7.
- ^ Bosworth 2011a.
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