Palace of the Shirvanshahs
The Palace of the Shirvanshahs is a 15th-century palace built by the Shirvanshahs and described by UNESCO as "one of the pearls of Azerbaijan's architecture". It is located in the Inner City of Baku, Azerbaijan and, together with the Maiden Tower, forms an ensemble of historic monuments inscribed under the UNESCO World Heritage List of Historical Monuments. The complex contains the main building of the palace, Divanhane, the burial-vaults, the shah's mosque with a minaret, Seyid Yahya Bakuvi's mausoleum, south of the palace, a portal in the east, Murad's gate, a reservoir and the remnants of a bath house. Earlier, there was an ancient mosque, next to the mausoleum. There are still ruins of the bath to the west of the tomb.
View of the Palace of the Shirvanshahs
Turbe (Mausoleum) of Shirvanshahs in Baku, 15th century
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The Shirvanshahs were the rulers of Shirvan from 861 to 1538. The first ruling line were the Yazidids, an originally Arab and later Persianized dynasty, who became known as the Kasranids. The second ruling line were the Darbandi, distant relatives of the Yazidids/Kasranids.
Coin of the Shirvanshah Manuchihr III, minted at Shamakhi between 1120 and 1160
"Shah Ismail I in battle with the King of Shirvan", Mo'en Mosavver, Isfahan, late 17th-century
"River Tigris in Baghdad." Image taken from anthology of poems by various authors, created in Shamakhi, dated 1468