Shirvan (from Persian: شیروان, romanized: Shirvān; Azerbaijani: Şirvan; Tat: Şirvan) [a] is a historical region in the eastern Caucasus, as known in both pre-Islamic Sasanian and Islamic times. [2]

The Shirvanshahs (Arabic / Persian: شروانشاه) were the rulers of Shirvan (in present-day Azerbaijan) from 861 to 1538. The first ruling line were the Yazidids, an originally Arab and later Persianized dynasty, who became known as the Kasranids (also referred to as the Khaqanids).

Shirvan (Persian: شيروان) [a] is a city in the Central District of Shirvan County, North Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. [4] The city has been significant industrially with sugar beet factories. [5]

Shirvan in the Sasanian era and during the first three centuries after the fall of the empire, still maintained it’s political, economic, and social importance and played key role in the developments of this era.

Jan 11, 2013 · ŠERVĀN (ŠIRVĀN, ŠARVĀN), a region of Eastern Transcaucasia, known by this name in both early Islamic and more recent times, and now (since 1994) substantially within the independent Azerbaijan Republic, being bounded by the Islamic Republic of Iran on the south, the independent Armenian Republic on the west, and Daghestan of the Russian Federati...

Shirvan is a city in North Khorasan Province, 60km. from the province capital, Bojnord, and 200km. from Mashhad. The name of this city is derived from the old Persian word, Shīr (meaning ‘Lion’). It might be because of the mountain in the south of …

Shirvan a historical region in northern Azerbaijan, on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, east of the Kura River. The name “Shirvan” (“Sharvan”) came into use during the Sassanid era (226–651) as a designation for part of ancient Caucasian Albania, later known as Aran.

Shirvan, at its start, is a Shia Talysh iqta located in the Armenia and Shirvan areas, Caucasia region, Near East subcontinent of the Asia continent. Emerges from Sunni Abbasids in 861, with cores, the iqta borders Shia Gilan southeast, Sunni Iberia, Armenia and Abbasids west and southwest and...

Shirvan Khanate (Persian: خانات شیروان, romanized: Khānāt-e Shirvan) was a Caucasian khanate under Iranian suzerainty, which controlled the Shirvan region from 1761 to 1820. Under the Safavid dynasty of Iran, Shirvan was a leading silk manufacturer and its principal city, Shamakhi, became an important place for trade. [8] .

Shirvan (from Persian: شیروان, romanized: Shirvān; Azerbaijani: Şirvan; Tat: Şirvan) is a historical region in the eastern Caucasus, as known in both pre-Islamic Sasanian and Islamic times.