Mughan District in the 18th century.

Rudbar District was one of seventeen districts in the Shirvan Khanate at the time it was annexed by Russia in 1820.[1] Previously it had been part of Iran's territory and is now in Azerbaijan.

History

The Rudbar district was present in Sabirabad, Saatly, Neftchala and Hajigabul Districts.[clarification needed]

The district governor was Dargha Mammadkhan.[when?]

Population

Main article: Javad Khanate

In 1821 there were eighteen settlements (Javad, Dabbaglar, Balvan, Qarali, Yenikend, Gazili, Ahmedbeyli, Guruzmanli, Abdulyan, Yenica, Mustafali, Ahtaci, Meyniman, Kovratlı, Surra Atamoghlan, Surra Aghabedal, Surra Mammad, Surra Abdulla bey, Alimadatli) where 422 families lived. [2]

Economy

Residents of the Rudbar district were engaged in agriculture and sericulture.

See also

Source

References

  1. ^ Bournoutian, George A. (2016). The 1820 Russian Survey of the Khanate of Shirvan: A Primary Source on the Demography and Economy of an Iranian Province prior to its Annexation by Russia. Gibb Memorial Trust. p. xvii. ISBN 978-1909724808. Serious historians and geographers agree that after the fall of the Safavids, and especially from the mid-eighteenth century, the territory of the South Caucasus was composed of the khanates of Ganja, Kuba, Shirvan, Baku, Talesh, Sheki, Karabagh, Nakhichivan and Yerevan, all of which were under Iranian suzerainty.
  2. ^ Description of Shirvan 1867, pp. 244–253.
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