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decree of Shah Abbas the First (1607). The inscription of
the decree still survives.
The prolonged Safavid-Ottoman wars ended in 1639.
Nakhchivan remained a part of the Safavid state until the
beginning of the eighteenth century.
At the beginning of the eighteenth century, several parts
of Azerbaijan, including Nakhchivan, fell under the domin-
ion of the Ottoman Empire. As part of the Ottoman Empire,
in 1727, a census document entitled “The detailed notebook
of the Nakhchivan Sanjag” was compiled. “The detailed
notebook of the Nakhchivan Sanjag” is a very valuable
historical document.
“The detailed notebook” is also a very important source
for studying the history of Nakhchivan. It provides reliable
information about the administrative-territorial divisions
of Nakhchivan, the amount of taxes paid, and the num-
ber of people, for example. According to this data, there
were fourteen districts in the Nakhchivan Sanjag (Nakh-
chivan, Alinja, Sair Mavazi, Darashahbuz, Mulki-Arslan,
Mavaziyi-Khatun, and others). There were 9,788 taxpay-
ers in Nakhchivan paying a total of 2,629,059 akhcha to
the treasury23.
Lots of numismatic materials, stone ram statues, the
Imamzada Complex (sanctuary where descendants of
imams are buried trans.), the Zaviyya Madrasah (in the city
of Nakhchivan), the Juma Mosque, the Amaras Mosque,
the Behrud Bridge (Ordubad district), the Arazin Necropo-
lis (Julfa district), the Parchi Imamzada (Sharur district),
the Koroghlu Castle (Sadarak district), and other valuable
examples of cultural and historical monuments belonging
to the history of Nakhchivan from the fifteenth century un-
til the early eighteenth century have survived.
After the great Azerbaijani warlord Nadir came to power
(1736 – 1747), the Azerbaijani lands under Ottoman domi-
nation were returned and added to the Afsharid Empire.
Trying to strengthen his power in Nakhchivan, which was
of vital strategic importance, Nadir Shah Afsharid exiled
the renowned representatives of the brave Kangarli tribe
Nakhchivan in the second half of 19th century and
beginning of 20 th century.
Khan Palace. State History-Architecture museum.
18th century. Nakhchivan.
Map 6.
Source: Azərbaycan Respublikası Naxçıvan tarixi atlası. Bakı, 2010, s. 31
Azerbaijani carpets / NAKHCHIVAN GROUP