{"id":383,"date":"2014-05-20T14:42:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T14:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nazimmustafa.info\/?p=383"},"modified":"2021-07-18T19:41:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T19:41:43","slug":"iravan-khannet-the-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nazimmustafa.info\/?p=383","title":{"rendered":"Iravan Khannet – The Territory"},"content":{"rendered":"![\"ir_194\"](\"http:\/\/nazimmustafa.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ir_194-278x300.jpg\")
The Irevan Khannet that was established in the historical Azerbaijani lands in the middle of XVIII century surrounded the area between Aghri (Ararat) and Alagoz (Alayaz) mountains and on the both banks of the Araz River. The Iravan Khannet bordered on the Pambek province, the Shamsaddil and Gazakh Sultanates and the Ganja Khanete in the North, the Garabakh and Nakhchevan Khanetes in the East, the Khoy and Maku Khanetes, the Bayazid Pashalig (the administrative division ruled by pasha) in the South, the Kars Pashalig (the administrative division ruled by pasha) in the West and the Shorayel Sultanete in the Northern-West.<\/p>\n
From the beginning of the XV century till the establishment of the Iravan Khanete the area described above was ruled by the Saadi tribe chiefs belonging to Garagoyunlu tribal community. According to the geographical position it was called\u00a0\u00a0 Chukhur- Saad, i.e Saad\u2019s hollow.\u00a0 The family tomb which was built by Pir Huseyn after his father Amir Saad\u2019s death, the ruler of Chukhur Saad (in some resources it is called the country of Iravan) in 1413, is now in the territory of the village Jafarabad (has been called Argavand since 1946), near Iravan city and the Armenians are trying to present tit as \u201cThe Turkman Monument\u201d. After the establishment of the Safavid state in 1501, Azerbaijan was divided into four provinces (beylerbeylik) from the administrative-territorial division point of view and Chukhur-Saad was one of them. The capital of the province was the city of Iravan and it was also known as the Iravan province (beylerbeylik).\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0The Chukhur-Saad province used to be a part of the Ottoman Turkey at certain times and was known with the Iravan province status. .\u00a0 In accordance with \u201cThe Iravan Province review book\u201d compiled by the Ottomans in 1728, the provice was divided into the following parts from the standpoint of the\u00a0 territorial-administrative division: Iravan city, Girkhbulag, Karbi, Maku, Khinzirek, Gerni, Vedi, Derechichek, Abaran, Goycha, Daralayaz, Mazra , Surmeli, Ighdir, Aralig, Sherur regions, Shorayel (Shurege) and Nakhchivan.<\/p>\n
During the reign of Nadir Shah (from 1736) the Iravan province was a part of\u00a0 Azerbaijan beylerbeylik . In 1747,\u00a0 after the assassination of Nadir Shah, the Afsharlar empire collapsed and independent khanates were established. After the establishment of the Safavid state in 1501, Azerbaijan was divided into four provinces (beylerbeylik) from the administrative-territorial division point of view and Chukhur-Saad was one of them. The capital of the province was the city of Irevan and it was also known as the Irevan province (beylerbeylik).\u00a0 Like\u00a0 other khanates in\u00a0 Azerbaijan,\u00a0 the Ierevan khanate\u00a0 was also divided into districts from the point of view administrative-territorial division and\u00a0 districts into villages in their turn.<\/p>\n
The Iravan city was taken as a separate administrative-territorial unit.\u00a0 As the center of the khanate considerable construction work was carried out, a number of mosques, caravanserais, bath-houses that were considered masterpieces of architecture were built.\u00a0 Iravan castle itself was a grandiose architectural complex like a castle-city.<\/p>\n
Agha Mohammad Shah\u00a0 Gajar made\u00a0 the Iravan\u00a0 khanete\u00a0 be dependent on him in 1795. At the same time Shah Gajar issued\u00a0 the special decree on subordination of\u00a0\u00a0 Shorayel and Pembek areas to Mohammad khan, the khan of Iravan. A Russian historian\u00a0 Ivan Chopin\u00a0 held cameral census in the territory of former Iravan Khanete in 1829-1832 years and\u00a0 gave\u00a0 comprehensive information about geographical position and administrative units of the provinces and villages destroyed as a result of wars.<\/p>\n
\u00a0In 1827 on the eve of the Russsian invasion the administrative-territorial division of the Khanate consisted of 15 mahals and Shorayel Sultanete that was semi-depended on the khanete. The names of the districts (or: mahals) were as follows:<\/p>\n
\n\n\n| 1<\/td>\n | Girkhbulag<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n | Vedibazar<\/td>\n | 7<\/td>\n | Talin<\/td>\n | 10<\/td>\n | Seyidli-Aghsaggali<\/td>\n | 13<\/td>\n | Sherur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| 2<\/td>\n | Zengibasar<\/td>\n | 5<\/td>\n | Korpubasar<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n | Saadli<\/td>\n | 11<\/td>\n | Derechichek<\/td>\n | 14<\/td>\n | Derekend- Parchenis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n| 3<\/td>\n | Gernibasar<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n | Sardarabad<\/td>\n | 9<\/td>\n | Abaran<\/td>\n | 12<\/td>\n | Goydge<\/td>\n | 15<\/td>\n | Surmeli<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \u00a0Only two of the mahals \u2013Derekend and Surmeli were situated on the right bank of the Araz River. The availability of irrigation systems and villages\u2019proximity to river basins were taken as a main criterion in the creation of mahals. For example, the villages using the water of the river Zengi were included in the\u00a0 Zangibasar mahal.<\/p>\n |