Khanate of Karabakh

The title of Khan of Karabakh or Khan of Shushi first appeared in the middle of the 18-th century, when Panah-Ali, leader of a nomadic Turkish tribe of Sarijalli captured the fortress of Shushi. The Meliks of Artsakh, weakened as a result of continuous discords and quarrels, offered little resistance to Panah-Ali. Later, his son Khan Ibrahim killed the Meliks of Dizak, Gulistan and Djraberd and, capturing the Gandzasar monastery, asserted his power throughout Karabakh.

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