Ziyadoghlu

Ziyadoghlu Qajar (Azerbaijani: Ziyadoğlu Qacar, زیاد اوغلو قاجار, lit. 'Qajars (who are) sons of Ziyad') or Ziyadlu (Persian: زیادلو) were a branch of the Qajar tribe that governed Safavid Karabakh from 1546–1554 to 1743 (sometimes, also including Safavid Kakheti), Astarabad in various times, Ganja Khanate from 1747 to 1805. Some authors suggested that, Qovanlu branch of Qajars who ruled Iran from 1789 to 1925, which is currently better known as Qajar dynasty was a cadet-branch of Ziyadoghlu family.

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