Urmia Khanate

Urmia Khanate
1747–1865
Status Khanate
Capital Urmia
Common languages Persian (official), Azerbaijani (Majority), Kurdish, Aramaic & Armenian
Religion Islam
Government Khanate
History  
 Established
1747
 Independence from Afsharids
1747
 Disestablished
1865
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Afsharid dynasty
Qajar dynasty

Urmia Khanate was an 18th-19th century khanate based in Urmia. The Khanate of Urmia was one of the khanates, located in historic Azerbaijan which became for more than hundred years semi-independent from the Iranian mother country.

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