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    Shirvan (from Persian: شیروان, romanized: Shirvān; Azerbaijani: Şirvan; Tat: Şirvan) is a historical region in the eastern Caucasus, as known in both...
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  • Look up Shirvan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shirvan is a historical Iranian region in the eastern Caucasus, now in Azerbaijan. Shirvan or Sirvan...
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  • The Shirvan steppe (Azerbaijani: Şirvan düzü) is part of the Kur-Araz Lowland of Azerbaijan and is located on the left bank of the Kura River. The elevation...
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    Shirvan (Azerbaijani: Şirvan) is a city in Azerbaijan, located on the Kura River. It was called Zubovka until 1938 and Ali Bayramli until 2008. From 1938...
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    The Shirvan province (Persian: ولایت شیروان, romanized: Velāyat-e Shirvān) was a province founded by the Safavid Empire on the territory of modern Azerbaijan...
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  • Abbas I's Shirvan campaign took place in 1606–1607, during the Ottoman–Safavid War of 1603–1618. The Safavids had lost control over the province by the...
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    The conquest of Shirvan was the first campaign of Ismail, the leader of the Safavid order. In late 1500, Ismail marched into Shirvan, and, despite heavily...
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    the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic was formerly referred to as Arran and Shirvan. On that basis Iran protested the newly adopted country name. During Soviet...
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    The Shirvanshahs (Arabic/Persian: شروانشاه) were the rulers of Shirvan (in present-day Azerbaijan) from 861 to 1538. The first ruling line were the Yazidids...
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    Alqas Mirza (category Safavid governors of Shirvan)
    to take Shirvan in 1532, which was stalled due to Uzbek invasion. As a result, in March 1538 Tahmasp I ordered Alqas to move against Shirvan together...
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