Urmia Khanate

Urmia Khanate
Khanate
1747–1865
Capital Urmia
Languages Persian (official), Azerbaijani (Majority), Kurdish, Aramaic & Armenian
Religion Islam
Government Khanate
History
   Established 1747
  Independence from Afsharids 1747
   Disestablished 1865
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Afsharid dynasty
Qajar dynasty

Urmia Khanate was an 18th-19th century khanate based in Urmia. The khanate is known as one of the Khanates of the Iranian Azerbaijan. Khanatae of Urmia was one of the Azerbaijani khanates, located in Azerbaijan which became for more than hundred years semi-independent from the Iranian mothercountry.

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