Karabakh Khanate came under the control of the Russian Empire in 1805 during the course of the Russo-Persian War.
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11 Facts About Karabakh Khanate
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The Russian annexation of Karabakh Khanate was not formalized until the Treaty of Gulistan in 1813, when Fath-Ali Shah of Qajar Iran officially ceded Karabakh Khanate to Tsar Alexander I of Russia.
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The mountainous part of Karabakh Khanate was home to several semi-autonomous Armenian principalities known as the Khamsa Melikdoms.
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Less than a year after Shusha was founded, the Karabakh Khanate was attacked by Mohammad Hasan Khan Qajar, one of the major claimants to the Iranian throne.
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Karabakh Khanate's retreat was so hasty that he even left his cannons under the walls of Shusha fortress.
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In 1759, the Karabakh Khanate underwent a new attack from Fath-Ali Khan Afshar, ruler of the Urmia Khanate.
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Under Ibrahim Khalil Khan Javanshir, the Karabakh Khanate became one of the strongest entities of the South Caucasus and Shusha turned into a big town.
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The Armenian population of Karabakh Khanate actively participated in this struggle against the invaders and fought side by side with the Muslim population, jointly organizing ambushes in the mountains and forests.
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Nevertheless, the khan of Karabakh Khanate had already been paying regular tribute to Agha Mohammad Khan since the aftermath of the first attack in 1795.
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Karabakh Khanate was killed near Shusha together with some members of his family by Major Dmitri Tikhonovich Lisanevich.
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Karabakh Khanate never had a permanent army, but those who were a certain age and had the ability to serve in the military were written in a special register.
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