| 41. | At the same time Qizil Arslan occupied all the land of Shirvan lying between Shamakha and Derbent.
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| 42. | The Erivan Fortress had three gateways on its double line battlements : Tabriz, Shirvan and Korpu.
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| 43. | In 1725 Surkhay-khan I received the title of khan of Shirvan and Kazi-Kumukh.
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| 44. | General Nader sent his messenger to Surkhay-khan I of Shirvan and demanded him to leave.
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| 45. | He married a Georgian princess while the khanates of Shirvan and Georgia were both parts of Persia.
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| 46. | In 1032, an combined army from Sarir and Alania invaded Shirvan and seized its capital Shamakhi.
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| 47. | In the XVI-XVII centuries the area was an'ulka'of the Shirvan Khanate.
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| 48. | In the early 16th century the kingdom of Shirvan was conquered by Shah Ismail of the Safavid dynasty.
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| 49. | Surkhay-khan I, Ahmed-khan and Nutsal of Avaria ransacked Shirvan for one whole year.
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| 50. | During their withdrawal from Shirvan, however, they were attacked and defeated by the people of Derbent.
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