WESTERN AZERBAIJAN: NAKHCHİVAN AND IRAVAN KHANATES

The article talks about the material and cultural heritage of Western Azerbaijan, the emergence of independent khanates in the territory of Azerbaijan in the 1840s after the weakening and collapse of the Afshar state, and provides extensive information about the Nakhchivan and Iravan khanates.The lands of Western Azerbaijan were located on important caravan routes connecting the north and south of Azerbaijan, the entire Caucasus and the Middle East.This region, now known as Armenia, is the ancient Turkic-Oghuz homeland, the historical land of Azerbaijan.The khanates that arose in the west of Azerbaijan were chosen due to the location of their territories on international trade routes and their strategic position.For this reason, it was attacked by neighboring khanates and foreign countries.The article also mentions the resettlement of Armenians to Azerbaijani lands and their atrocities against the Turkish-Muslim population of the South Caucasus.As a result of historical processes, the Armenian state was artificially created in the ancestral lands of Azerbaijan occupied by Tsarist Russia, including the territory of the Iravan Khanate.