Nagorno-Karabakh Short history
1st century BC-822
The territory that makes up present-day Nagorno-Karabakh and a large part of Azerbaijan are part of Caucasian Albania, a collection of 26 tribes with their own languages. Eastern Azerbaijan belongs to the Persian Empire, while parts of modern Armenia and Eastern Turkey are an Armenian Kingdom.
639
Arab invasion brings Islam to the Caucasus. From the ninth century most inhabitants convert to Islam. Nagorno-Karabakh also comes under Arab rule.
10th-18th century
Karabakh is governed by Caucasian-Albanian and Armenian principalities (meliks) under Caucasian-Albanian, Arab, Turkish and Persian rulers. The rest of presentday Azerbaijan and Armenia is made up of semi-independent Islamic Khanates.
1501
Shah Ismail I establishes the Safavid dynasty in the Persian province of Azerbaijan. Shi’ite form of Islam becomes the state religion.
1747
The death of the Safavid ruler Nadir Shah ends Persian sovereignty over Karabakh.
1761
Panah Ali Khan dies in Shiraz, Persia. His body is buried in AÄ&#x;dam. Until the early 20th century, his successors are also buried in the grounds of Imaret.
Around 1830
Chambarak founded by Christian Molokans from Russia. Molokans were banished to the Southern Caucasus in the 19th century because they refused to accept the authority of the Russian Orthodox Church.