Ganja Khanate

The Ganja khanate (Azerbaijani: Gəncə xanlığı) was a Muslim principality mostly under the dominion of Persia that existed in the territory of Azerbaijan in 1747-1805. The principality was ruled by the dynasty of Ziyadoglu (Ziyadkhanov) of Qajar extraction as governors under Safavids and Nadir Shah. Shahverdi Solṭan Ziyad-oglu Qajar (1740–1761) became the khan of Ganja in 1554.

In 1781-84, Ganja was ruled by the Karabakh khan Ibrahim-Khalil khan Javanshir. During the government of Javad Khan (1785–1804), Ganja khanate grew in economic and political importance and carried out an independent foreign policy, sometimes contrary to the Persian one. The khans had their own mint in Ganja.