Shirvanshah
861–1538
Map of the Caucasus in 1311, with Shirvan being located on the far right
Map of the Caucasus in 1311, with Shirvan being located on the far right
CapitalShamakhi (initially)
Baku (later)
Common languagesPersian (court, literature, dynastic)
Arabic (initially dynastic)
Religion
Sunni Islam
GovernmentGovernorship, later Monarchy
• 861–801
Yazid ibn Mazyad al-Shaybani (first)
• 1535–1538
Shahrukh (last)
Historical eraMiddle Ages and the Early modern period
• Established
861
• Disestablished
1538
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Abbasid Caliphate
Safavid Iran

Shirvanshah[a] (Arabic: دولة شروانشاه, Persian: شروانشاه), was the title of the rulers of Shirvan from 861 to 1538. The first ruling line were the Yazidids, an originally Arab but speedily Persianized dynasty, who later became known as the Kasranids.[b]

  1. ^ Barthold & Bosworth 1997a, p. 488.
  2. ^ Minorsky 1958, p. 2.
  3. ^ Vacca 2017, p. 7.
  4. ^ Bosworth 2011a.


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