shirvan in a sentence
Examples
- At the same time Qizil Arslan occupied all the land of Shirvan lying between Shamakha and Derbent.
- The Erivan Fortress had three gateways on its double line battlements : Tabriz, Shirvan and Korpu.
- In 1725 Surkhay-khan I received the title of khan of Shirvan and Kazi-Kumukh.
- General Nader sent his messenger to Surkhay-khan I of Shirvan and demanded him to leave.
- He married a Georgian princess while the khanates of Shirvan and Georgia were both parts of Persia.
- In 1032, an combined army from Sarir and Alania invaded Shirvan and seized its capital Shamakhi.
- In the XVI-XVII centuries the area was an'ulka'of the Shirvan Khanate.
- In the early 16th century the kingdom of Shirvan was conquered by Shah Ismail of the Safavid dynasty.
- Surkhay-khan I, Ahmed-khan and Nutsal of Avaria ransacked Shirvan for one whole year.
- During their withdrawal from Shirvan, however, they were attacked and defeated by the people of Derbent.