Karabakh Beylerbeylik
| Safavid Qarabagh | ||||||||||
| Velāyat-e Qarabagh | ||||||||||
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| Capital | Ganja | |||||||||
| Government | Velayat | |||||||||
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| • | Established | 1501 | ||||||||
| • | End of Safavid Empire | 1737 | ||||||||
| • | Disestablished | 1747 | ||||||||
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| Today part of |
 Armenia Azerbaijan
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The province of Qarabagh (Velāyat-e Qarabagh) was a velayat (province) of the Safavid Empire, centered on the geographic region of Qarabagh.
At the time of the Safavid Iran state, the entire territory of Arran was made up of three provinces: Shirvan, Qarabagh (or Ganja), Chukhursaad (or Iravan). These provinces were headed by the shah’s governors-general, who were called beglarbegs, or at other times hakems. The main urban center of Qarabagh was the city of Ganja.
The first Safavid governor of Qarabagh (hakem) was Piri Beg Qajar, and was appointed as such in 1501.Shahverdi-Sultan, from the Ziyad-oglu clan of the Qajar tribe, was appointed by Shah Tahmasp I (r. 1524-1576) in 1554. The nobility of the tribe was granted pastures and land plots in Qarabagh. The authority of the governors of Qarabagh covered a vast territory – from the Georgian border near “Sinig Korpu” Bridge (currently “Red Bridge”) to Khudafarin Bridges on the Aras River.
Safavid Qarabagh was one of the largest provinces in Safavid state. Its borders were Kur River to the north, Borchali to the south, also in the northern- east Goycha lake and Bargushad included to the territory of Safavid Qarabagh.
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