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Safavid Karabakh
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The province of Karabakh (also spelled Qarabagh; Persian: ولایت قره باغ, romanized: Ostān-e Qarabāgh) was a north-western province of the Safavid Iran, centered on the geographic region of Karabakh.
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Province of Karabakh Ostān-e Qarabagh | |||||||||
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1501–1736 | |||||||||
![]() The administrative divisions of Safavid Iran in the South Caucasus | |||||||||
Status | Province of Safavid Iran | ||||||||
Capital | Ganja | ||||||||
Government | Province | ||||||||
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Today part of | Armenia Azerbaijan |
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The governorship of Karabakh was generally held by a member of the Qajars, one of the Qizilbash tribes. Its highlands were controlled by the five Armenian melikdoms.