Shirvan

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former kingdom historical region

Shirvan was a historical region and former kingdom in the eastern Caucasus, largely corresponding to parts of modern-day Azerbaijan, known for its strategic location and long-standing political and cultural significance.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Shamakhi 4
Mountainous Shirvan economic region 1
Shirvan region of Azerbaijan 1

Statements (78)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former kingdom ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
annexedBy Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Old City of Baku NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palace of the Shirvanshahs NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shirvan-Absheron architectural school NERFINISHED ⓘ
borders Caspian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caucasus Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
conqueredBy Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Safavid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryToday Azerbaijan NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalRegionOf Azerbaijan NERFINISHED ⓘ
dominantReligion Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
crafts ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnicGroup Azerbaijanis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caucasian peoples ⓘ
Persians NERFINISHED ⓘ
export oil ⓘ
salt ⓘ
silk ⓘ
wine ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Palace of the Shirvanshahs in Baku NERFINISHED ⓘ
medieval fortifications in Shamakhi ⓘ
hasCapital Baku NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shamakhi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Şamaxı NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCity Baku NERFINISHED ⓘ
Qabala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Salyan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shamakhi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage Islamic architecture ⓘ
Persianate culture ⓘ
medieval poetry ⓘ
hasDynasty Shirvanshahs NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricalCenter Baku NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shamakhi NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableRuler Ahsitan I of Shirvan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Farrukh Yasar of Shirvan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manuchihr I of Shirvan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani (founder of local line) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTitleOfRuler Shirvanshah NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Silk Road connections ⓘ
long-standing cultural significance ⓘ
long-standing political significance ⓘ
strategic location ⓘ
trade routes between Europe and Asia ⓘ
language Arabic (liturgical) ⓘ
Azerbaijani NERFINISHED ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
laterReligion Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn South Caucasus ⓘ
eastern Caucasus ⓘ
modernAdministrativeRegionOverlap Baku region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shamakhi District NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shirvan economic region of Azerbaijan ⓘ
partOf modern-day Azerbaijan ⓘ
partOfHistoricalRegion Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousInstitution madrasas ⓘ
mosques ⓘ
ruledBy Shirvanshah dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorState Baku Khanate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shirvan Khanate NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod High Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ
early Middle Ages ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
vassalOf Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Safavid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seljuk Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tamar of Georgia → expandedInfluenceOver → Shirvan ⓘ
Kingdom of Kakheti → borderedBy → Shirvan ⓘ
Caucasian Albania → regionCorrespondence → Shirvan ⓘ
Shamakhi Uyezd → hasAdministrativeCenter → Shirvan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shamakhi
Shamakhi Uyezd → namedAfter → Shirvan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shamakhi
Shamakhi Uyezd → capital → Shirvan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shamakhi
Shamakhi Uyezd → hasUrbanCenter → Shirvan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shamakhi
Ali Bayramli → hasCurrentName → Shirvan ⓘ
Ali Bayramli → formerNameOf → Shirvan ⓘ
Ali Bayramli → historicalRegion → Shirvan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shirvan region of Azerbaijan
Armeno-Tat → region → Shirvan ⓘ
Ganja-Gazakh economic region → borderedBy → Shirvan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mountainous Shirvan economic region