Shirvanshahs

E530473

Persianate dynasty dynasty

The Shirvanshahs were a long-ruling Persianate dynasty that governed the historical region of Shirvan in the eastern Caucasus, leaving a significant architectural and cultural legacy, including the palace complex in Baku.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Shirvanshah dynasty	2
Shirvanshah dynasty period	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Persianate dynasty ⓘ dynasty ⓘ
architecturalLegacy	Palace complex of the Shirvanshahs in Baku NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Shamakhi NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
country	Shirvan NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalLegacy	development of Persian literature in the Caucasus ⓘ promotion of Islamic scholarship ⓘ urban development of Baku ⓘ
culturalSphere	Persianate world ⓘ
endTime	16th century ⓘ
endTimeApprox	1538 ⓘ
ethnicCharacter	Iranian NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstRulerTraditionallyCounted	Haytham ibn Khalid NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani (as ancestor of the line) NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Persianate court culture ⓘ architectural monuments in Baku and Shamakhi ⓘ long-lasting rule in the eastern Caucasus ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	Persian ⓘ
languageOfCourt	Persian ⓘ
languageOfCulture	Persian ⓘ
lastIndependentRuler	Shah Tahmasp I’s conquest ended their independence ⓘ
laterCapital	Baku NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRuler	Farrukh Yasar NERFINISHED ⓘ Ibrahim I of Shirvan NERFINISHED ⓘ Khalilullah I NERFINISHED ⓘ Manuchihr III NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSite	Palace of the Shirvanshahs NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSiteLocation	Baku NERFINISHED ⓘ
overthrownBy	Safavid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfHistoryOf	Azerbaijan NERFINISHED ⓘ Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ Iranian world ⓘ
politicalStatus	hereditary monarchy ⓘ vassal of larger empires at various times ⓘ
predecessorState	Abbasid Caliphate (as suzerain) NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionRuled	Shirvan NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
religiousBranch	Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	9th century ⓘ
startTimeApprox	c. 861 ⓘ
successorState	Safavid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Azerbaijani NERFINISHED ⓘ
vassalTo	Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ Ilkhanate NERFINISHED ⓘ Safavid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Seljuk Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Timurid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Walled City of Baku with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower → associatedDynasty → Shirvanshahs ⓘ

Darband → controlledByInHistory → Shirvanshahs ⓘ

Arran → underRuleOf → Shirvanshahs ⓘ

Palace of the Shirvanshahs → builtFor → Shirvanshahs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shirvanshah dynasty

Palace of the Shirvanshahs → namedAfter → Shirvanshahs ⓘ

Palace of the Shirvanshahs → significantPeriod → Shirvanshahs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shirvanshah dynasty period

Icherisheher → significantPeriod → Shirvanshahs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shirvanshah dynasty