Shamakhi
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Shamakhi is a city in Azerbaijan and the administrative centre of the Shamakhi District. The city's estimated population as of 2010 was 31,704. It is famous for its traditional dancers, and also for p
Montage of Şamaxı 2019
1683 illustration of Shamakhi by Engelbert Kaempfer (published 1734)
Yeddi Gumbez Mausoleum
Mausoleum of Shakhandan, brother of famous Azeri poet Nasimi. Built in the 17th century.
Shirvanshahs
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The Shirvanshahs were the rulers of Shirvan from 861 to 1538. Their realm was referred to as the Kingdom of Shirvan in writings completed during or shortly after its existence. The first ruling line w
Shamakhi
…geographer Claudius Ptolemaeus in the 1st to 2nd century AD. Shamakhi was an important town during the Middle Ages and served as a capital of the Shirvanshah realm from the 8th to 15th centuries. Shamakhi maintained economic and cultural relations with India and China in the 12th century, and the excavation…
Coin of 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