Elisu Sultanate
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The Sultanate of Elisu, also known as Elisou or Ilisu, was a sultanate in the 18th and 19th centuries.[1]
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Sultanate of Elisu | |||||||||
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1604–1844 | |||||||||
Status | Sultanate | ||||||||
Capital | Tsakhur (16-18th century) İlisu | ||||||||
Common languages | Tsakhur, Azerbaijani, Georgian. | ||||||||
Religion | Islam (majority) and Georgian Orthodox Church (minority) | ||||||||
Historical era | Early modern | ||||||||
• Shah Abbas I of Persia took these lands from the king of Kingdom of Kakheti and granted them to the Dagestani feudal clans | 1604 | ||||||||
• conquered by Russian Empire | 1844 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Azerbaijan Georgia Russia |
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