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- From 4th century B.C. to 8th
century A.D. the territory of the current
Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan was one of the
provinces of Caucasian Albania, the most ancient state
of Northern Azerbaijan. After the fall of the
independent Albanian state, Arsakh being inseparable
from Azerbaijan both geographically and politically, was
a part to the Azerbaijani state of Sajids, in 10th
century - to the state of Salarids, and in 11-12th
centuries - to the state of Sheddadids. During 12-13th
centuries Karabakh constituted part of the
Atabey-Ildenizids state, in the second half of 13th
century - beginning of 15th century, during the
existence of the Mongolian Khulagouid state - part of
the Jalairids' state. In the 15th century it existed
within the states of Gharagouynlou and Aghgouynlou, and
during 16th and 17th centuries
Karabakh, as a part of the Karabakh beylerbeyyat
(duchy), was within the Sefevi state. The latter
consisted of 4 beylerbeyyats: Shirvani, Karabakhi (also
known as Ganja), Chukhursaadi (or Erivan) and
Azerbaijani (or Tebriz). Karabakh, being a part of the
Karabakhi beylerbeyyat, was ruled by the representatives
of the Turkic Zyiad-oglu tribe, subordinated to Kajars
from 16th till 19th century. In
the second half of the 18th century Karabakh belonged to
the Karabakh khanate (principality) and along with the
latter was incorporated into Russia
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