Governors of Azerbaijan (Iran)
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There is an incomplete list of governors of Azerbaijan, a region in northwestern Iran.
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- Atropates from 320s BC til an unknown date
- Artabazanes (flourished 3rd century BC) ruled in 221 BC or 220 BC, a contemporary of the Seleucid Greek King Antiochus III the Great. He is said to be a paternal grandson of the Persian King Darius II from his marriage to the daughter of Gobryas[1][2][3]
- Mithridates (100 BC – 66 BC), ruled from 67 BC to c. 66 BC who was father-in-law of the Armenian King Tigranes the Great[4]
- Darius I (c. 85 BC – c. 65 BC), ruled c. 65 BC[5]
- Ariobarzanes I (c. 85 BC – 56 BC), ruled from 65 BC to 56 BC
- Artavasdes I (65 BC – 20 BC), ruled from 56 BC until 31 BC. Son of the above named Ariobarzanes[6] and a son-in-law of King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene[7]
- Asinnalus (flourished 1st century BC), ruled from 30 BC to an unknown date in the 20s BC
- Ariobarzanes II (40 BC – 4), ruled sometime from 28 BC to 20 BC until 4 AD[8] and served as King of Armenia from 2 BC to 4[8]
- Artavasdes IV (20 BC – 6), King of Media Atropatene and Armenia from 4 AD to 6 AD[8]
- Artabanus III of Parthia (flourished second half of 1st century BC – 38 AD), grandson of Artavasdes I,[7] ruled from 6 until 10
- Vonones II (flourished second half of 1st century BC – 51 AD), brother of Artabanus and ruled from 11? until 51[7]
- Pacorus II (flourished 1st century & first half of 2nd century), son of the above named and ruled from 51 AD until 78 AD
Early Islamic rulers
- Al-Ash'ath ibn Qays, governor of Adharbayjan[9]
- Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik, governor of Adharbayjan (731–733)[10]
- Sa'id ibn Amr al-Harashi, governor of Adharbayjan (733–735)[11][12]
- Yahya ibn Khalid, governor of Adharbayjan (765–?)
- Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin, governor of Adharbayjan (835–?)[13]
- Mankjur al-Farghani (837–?)[14]
Sajid dynasty
- Muhammad ibn Abi'l-Saj, Afshin of Azerbaijan (889–901)[15]
- Devdad ibn Muhammad, Emir of Azerbaijan (901)
- Yusuf ibn Abi'l-Saj, Emir of Azerbaijan (901–928)
- Subuk, Emir of Azerbaijan (919–922)
- Abu'l-Musafir al-Fath, Emir of Azerbaijan (928–929)
10th century governors
- Wasif al-Shirvani
- Muflih al-Saji (c. 929–935)[16]
- Daysam ibn Ibrahim al-Kurdi (ca. 937/8–942)
- Abu Mansur Muhammad
Sallarid dynasty
Coins of Arabic rulers Yusuf ibn Abi'l-Saj and Marzuban ibn Muhammad
- Muhammad ibn Musafir, ruler of Azerbaijan (919–941)[17]
- Marzuban ibn Muhammad, ruler of Azerbaijan (941/2–949)
- Muhammad ibn Musafir, ruler of Azerbaijan (949–953)[17]
- Marzuban ibn Muhammad, ruler of Azerbaijan (949–957)
- Justan I ibn Marzuban I, ruler of Azerbaijan (957–960)
- Ismail ibn Wahsudan, ruler of Azerbaijan (960–?)
- Ibrahim I ibn Marzuban I, ruler of Azerbaijan (957–979)
- Nuh ibn Wahsudan, ruler of Azerbaijan
- Marzuban II ibn Ismail, ruler of Azerbaijan
Golden Horde governor of Azerbaijan (claimant)
- Chormaqan (1230–1241)
- Baiju Noyan[18] (1241–1260)
- Shiramun (1260–?)
Timurid governors of Azerbaijan
Safavid governors of Azerbaijan
- Haqqverdi Sultan (?–1593)
- Farhad Khan Qaramanlu (1593)[19][20]
- Zu'l Fiqar Qaramanlu
- Shahbandeh Beg Torkman (1st term)
- Qarachaqay Khan (1618–1620) [21][22]
- Shahbandeh Beg Torkman (2nd term)
- Rostam Khan (1632–1633)[23]
- Bijan Beg
- Aliqoli Khan
- Vakhtang VI
- Prince Bakar of Kartli
- Safiqoli Khan Ziyadoghlu Qajar (aka Aliqoli Khan)
- Mohammad-Ali Khan of Tabriz (1719–1720)
- Mikhri (Mehdi?) Khan
Qajar governors of Azerbaijan
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- Abbas Mirza (1798–?)[24][25]
- Jahangir Mirza Qajar
- Fereydun Mirza (1831–?)
- Firuz Mirza (1837–1850)
- Bahman Mirza (1841–?)[26]
- Mehdi Qoli Hedayat (1908–1911)