Javanshir clan

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The Javanshir clan
Mehdiqoli khan Javanshir—with her son Mehdiqoli khan Vafa (left) and daughter Khanbike.
Origin
Region of originKarabakh

The Javanshirs (Azerbaijani: Cavanşirlər; Persian: جوانشیران – Javānširān) are a Turkic clan from Karabakh,[1] who are a branch of the Oghuz Turks. Between 1748 and 1822, members of the Javanshir clan functioned as the head of the Karabakh Khanate.

History

Early years

The greater Javanshir tribe is said to of came from

Abbas I of Iran induced the Qajars to kill the Javanshir leaders. In 1626–1627, the Javanshir clan was placed by the shah under the stewardship of Nowruz Beg, a Georgian from the Tulashvili clan and a brother-in-law of Davud khan Allahverdi, who was invested with the governorship of Karabakh.[3]

Creation of the Karabakh Khanate

Khorasan to the North, Shaki and Shirvan, with a group of supporters.According to Mirza Adigozal-bey, Nader Shah replaced murdered Fazl Ali-bey with his younger brother, “handed him the chomak (staff), clad him in the clothes of an eshik-agasy, and conferred on him the rights of his dead elder brother;” Mirza Adigozal-bey believed that Panah Ali-bey found it undignified to “carry the chomak, bow to Nader Shah, and talk to his osauls.”[2] Due to Nader Shah killing his brother, he went off to plunder wealth with his tribesmen and went into hiding.[citation needed
]

Murder of Nader Shah in the result of conspiracy led to collapse of the state established by him. Taking advantage of the central power's weakening, Panahali khan, with his detachment consisting of 200 riders, arrived Karabakh, and declared himself an independent khan.[citation needed] At that time, Otuziki, Javanshir and Kebirli tribes, which were forcibly evicted to Khorasan, returned to Karabakh. Elder son of Panahali khan - 15 years old Ibrahim Khalil Khan also escaped from Khorasan to Karabakh, to his father.[citation needed]

Strengthening of Panah Khan didn't suit his neighbors’ taste. Haji Chalabi Khan of Shaki drove a newly appeared khan out of Karabakh in that very year, but next year Panahali Khan returned with a strong detachment and destroyed Haji in a stubborn struggle. After this, all Turkic tribes of Karabakh recognized Panahali Khan's power. Turkic tribes Otuziki, Javanshir and Kebirli dwelling in low-lying regions, became a kernel of the Karabakh Khanate. The khanate occupied a significant territory and included low-lying and also mountainous parts of Karabakh. Initially, a residence of khan was Bayat Castle, constructed in 1748. Later the ruler moved to Shahbulag Castle, near modern day Aghdam. In 1751, unapproachable Panahabad fortress, built by Panah Khan, became the capital of the khanate.

Ibrahim Khalil Khan

After

Shamakhi, but was defeated by Fatali khan of Quba
.

In 1795, Ibrahim Khalil Khan, who didn't want to obey

Aras River and approached Shusha, in 1795. Ibrahim Khalil Khan, who had only 15 thousand soldiers under his guidance, defended desperately. Siege of the fortress lasted for 33 days, but due to selfless actions of defenders of the fortress, who were ruled by Ibrahim Khalil Khan and his vizier, eminent poet Molla Panah Vagif
- Agha Mohammad Khan couldn't conquer the fortress and he was forced to call a siege off. He ordered to devastate outskirts of the country. After their departure Karabakh burst into starvation.

In 1797, Agha Mohammad Khan invaded Karabakh again. Until then, situation of the Karabakh Khanate was extremely difficult: starvation and plague were rife and rampant in the country and many of the citizens of Karabakh were forced to move to other khanates looking for bread. Withstanding of the second siege was impossible and Ibrahim Khalil Khan left the city and escaped to

Fathali Shah
- a new ruler of Iran, nephew of Agha Mohammad Khan. But this peace was not durable.

Ceding to Russia

Not severing relations with the khan, the shah attempted to bring its garrison to Shusha. In May 1805, Ibrahim Khalil Khan renewed discussions with

Mehdiqoli khan Javanshir would be confirmed as his successor.[5] Ibrahim Khalil Khan was obliged to pay an annual tribute of 8,000 chevrons,[citation needed] and allowed the Russian garrison to enter Shusha.[5] He hoped that hereby he will be able to save his government from capture of neighbor states, but he precipitated its end. In the spring of 1806, when the Iranian army consisting of 20 thousand soldiers arrived at Shusha, lieutenant-colonel Lisanevich, commander of the Russian garrison, ordered 80-years-old Ibrahim Khalil Khan for suspicion and betrayal and annihilated all his family (including of his wives and a lot of little children).[6][5] Russian Government announced Mehdigulu khan Vafa, the son of Mehdiqoli khan Javanshir, as the new khan, but he didn't forgive the Russians and was a secret ally of Iran during the time of his reign.[7][8][9]

Meanwhile, in 1813, at the end of the

Republic of Azerbaijan.[citation needed
]

In November 1822, fearing the wrath of the Russians for the overtures he had made to the Iranian government, he escaped to Iran,[5] so hastily that he even forgot the state seal in Shusha.[10] In 1822, the Karabakh Khanate was abolished and reformed into a province of the Russian Empire.[citation needed]

The Iranian government didn't put up with losing

a new war against Russia. The Iranians did not succeed to conquer Shusha, which was desperately defensed by the Russian garrison of lieutenant-colonel Reutt, and were eventually driven out.[citation needed
]

Dynasty

Prominent members of the dynasty were

America.[citation needed
]

According to Y-DNA tests of the direct paternal male descendants of Panah Ali Khan, this lineage belongs to J2b-Y107470[11] haplogroup.

See also

References

  1. ^ William Edward David Allen (1971). A history of the Georgian people: from the beginning down to the Russian conquest in the nineteenth century. Taylor & Francis. p. 197.
  2. ^ a b Ismailov, Eldar|THE KHANS OF KARABAKH: THE ROOTS, SUBORDINATION TO THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE, AND LIQUIDATION OF THE KHANATE,CA&C Press AB,Sweden|https://www.ca-c.org/c-g-online/2014/journal_eng/c-g-1-2/10.shtml#_edn13%7C Archived 2021-05-13 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ISBN 4938637391
    .
  4. ^ "Мирза Джамал Джаваншир Карабаги. История Карабаха". Zerrspiegel.orientphil.uni-halle.de. Archived from the original on 2007-01-27. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
  5. ^ a b c d Bournoutian 1997, pp. 71–73.
  6. ^ "Карабаха ханы". яндекс словари. Archived from the original on 2014-10-01. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  7. ^ "QARABAĞ--ŞUŞA ŞӘHӘRİ". anl.az.
  8. ^ "МЕХТИ КУЛИ". ЛИЧНЫЕ АРХИВНЫЕ ФОНДЫ В ГОСУДАРСТВЕННЫХ ХРАНИЛИЩАХ СССР. Archived from the original on 2012-06-14.
  9. ^ "История Карабага". Archived from the original on 2007-01-27. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  10. ^ "Раффи. Меликства Хамсы". Armenianhouse.org. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
  11. ^ Yfull Tree J-Y107470

Sources

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