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BIBLIOGRAPHY 4. Azad Khan was the head of Afghan troops in the army
of Nadir Shah Afshar. After the assassination of Nadir
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The History of Georgia. Vol. I, 1946, p. 432; 1962, p. 391- 5. Fatali Khan Afshar was the ruler of Urmia (modern
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9. Haji Chalabi Shaki was an Azerbaijani military leader
Sardarinia, S. Yerevan was a Muslim Land [in Persian: and politician. He founded the independent Sheki khanate.
trevan Yék Vélayet-i Moselman Néin Bud]. Tehran, (Hi- In 1744, Nadir Shah invaded Sheki. Haji Chalabi took re-
jra 1380) (Gregorian, 2002). fuge in the fortress-Gelyarsan Gerarsan. When Nadir Shah
asked him to surrender, Haji Chalabi sent an aggressive
reply: "Come and see". Nadir Shah besieged the fortress,
NOTES but he was unable to capture it and was obliged to retreat.
The fortress exists to this day.

1. Emin was an Armenian soldier and adventurer. He had
10. Qajar was khan until 1796, after which he became
originally lived in India and joined the British military. In
shah.
1760, he arrived in the Caucasus with the aim of creating
an Armenian state, but by 1770 he had returned, disillusio-
11. Huseyngulu Khan of Yerevan was an Azerbaijani and
ned, to his native India. the last ruler of the Yerevan khanate. He was born in the
middle of the eighteenth century in Tabriz in South Azer-
2. Despite being a eunuch, Agha Mohammad Shah Qajar
baijan. In 1805-1807, he led the resistance against the
became Shah of Persia in 1794. He was the founder of
Russian troops. For twenty-two years, a succession of five
the Qajar dynasty being succeeded by his nephew Fath Ali Russian generals, among them Sisianov, Gudovich and
Shah. Agha Mohammad restored Persia to its unity and
Tortasov, fought against him.
moved the capital to Tehran. He was, however, a man of
extreme violence who killed almost all those who could 12. Ivan Paskevich was a Russian military commander
threaten his hold on power. He was assassinated by his
of Ukrainian origin, a colleague of the future Nicholas I
servants in 1797.
(1825-1855). Head of the Russian troops in the Cauca-
sus between 1827 and 1829. Viceroy of the Kingdom of
3. Nadir Shah Afshar ruled Persia between 1736 and 1747.
Poland (1832-1856). After the Andrianople Peace Treaty
As a military leader, he had achieved such power that he
concluding the Russo-Turkish War (1829), he was pro-
decided in 1736 to depose the Safavid dynasty and be- moted to the rank of field-marshal.
come shah himself. He modernized and strengthened the
country's military and reduced religious differences. His
numerous campaigns created a great empire that stretched
momentarily from India to the Persian Gulf and Russia,
but his military spending ruined the Persian economy.

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