Aras Khan
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Aras Khan, also Aras Khan Rumlu was a member of the Rumlu tribe of Turkomen Qızılbash nomads, and Safavid Empire Beylerbey of Shirvan.
Aras Khan on horse in the Siege of Shamakhi, 9-11 November 1578. Secaatname (1586)
Aras Khan Rumlu captured by a Crimean Khanate warrior of Adil Giray, in November 1578. Şeca'atname (1586)
Decapitation of Aras Khan, on order of Adil Giray in 1578. Şahanşahname, 1581
Decapitation of Aras Khan, next to a tower of skulls. Şeca'atname (1586)
Shirvan
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Shirvan is a historical Iranian region in the eastern Caucasus, as known both during the pre-Islamic Sasanian Era and the early Islamic period. Today, the region is an industrially and agriculturally
The battle between the young Safavid ruler, Ismail I, and Farrukh Yasar, last independent ruler of Shirvan. Unknown artist (1541), Persian miniature currently preserved in the British Library, London.
Traditional pile carpet of Shirvan
19th century Shirvan carpet. Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan, Italy
Shirvan Tatar. Engraving from book of Jean Baptiste Benoît Eyriès. Voyage pittoresque en Asie et en Afrique: résumé général des voyages anciens et modernes... T. I, 1839