Avar Khanate
Avar Nutsaldom | |||||||||
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| Early 13th century–1864 | |||||||||
Coat of Arms according to Prince Vakhushti's Atlas (c.1745)
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Avar Khanate within Dagestan. | |||||||||
| Capital | Khunzakh | ||||||||
| Common languages | Avar | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam (official) | ||||||||
| Government | Khanate | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | Early 13th century | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1864 | ||||||||
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The Avar Khanate, the Avar Nutsaldom (Avar: Avar Nutsallhi; Russian: Аварское ханство), also known as Khundzia or Avaria, was a long-lived Avar state, which controlled mountainous parts of Dagestan (in the North Caucasus) from the early 13th century to the 19th century.