Azerbaijan Invasion by Two Empires

What made Safavids weaken in early XVIII?

• High inflation rate

• bribe and fraud between officials

• religious status of state members

• declining economy

• war with other empires

Where was the first riots against Safavids ?

• Char Balakan

• Shamakhi

• Lankaran

• Nakhchivan

What happened at the same time with riots that Safavids could not stop them.

• war with Ottoman

• Afgan attacks

• Slavic attack from North

• arab Invasion

What was the treaty with Russian government called?

• Peterburg Treaty

• Peace and friendship treaty

• Istanbul treaty

• Rasht treaty

Why Russia postponed invading Azerbaijan ?

After invading Baku how was the regime called?

According to Istanbul Treaty Shirvan-

• Was semi independent but could not keep military under Ottoman empire

• Was under control of Russia

• was captured by Armenians

• Was invaded by Georgians

What is Russia interested in Azerbaijan?

Whom Peter the Great sent to explore Azerbaijan?

• Volinski

• Baryatinski

• Sisianov

Ottoman attacked and invaded the following places after Istanbul treaty:

• Marand

• Irevan , Ardabil

• Darband, Nakchivan

• Khoy, Tabriz

• Baku, Shamakhi