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In 799-1538, several dynasties of Shirvanshahs
(kings of Shirvan) were ruling the area. She-
makha was the capital of the state. In 1748,
the Khanate (Duchy) of Shirvan (Shemakha)
emerged in the territory of Shirvan to be then
overtaken by Russia in 1813 pursuant to the
Gulistan Treaty thus becoming a province within
the Russian Empire.
Renamed into the Province of Shemakha by
1840, it was incorporated into the newly-
created Caspian Region as an Uyezd (District).
In 1846, it was transformed into the province
(Guberniya) under the same name with the
town of Shemakha as the center. After a de-
vastating earthquake in May 1959, the center
of Province moved to Baku, so the province
was renamed into Baku Province. Meanwhile
Shemakha Uyezd remained a part of the newly-
formed Baku Province up until its dissolution in
1920. In August 1930, the Uyezd of Shemakha
was renamed into Shemakha District. Nowa-
days this is an administrative district within the
Republic of Azerbaijan. In 2009, the town of Ali-
bayramly laid out in 1954 in the historic area of
Shirvan (former village of Arabshahverdili and
then Zubrovka) was renamed into Shirvan. In
august 1930, Shemakha Uyezd was renamed
into Shemakha District.
Shollar - a village in Guba Uyezd, incorporated into Khu-
dat Community, the Police Precinct of Mushkur,
subject to pogrom; nowadays a part of Susay-
gyshlagh rural administrative unit, Khachmaz
District.
Sinjanboyat - a village in Guba Uyezd, incorporated into
Boyat Community, the Police Precinct of Dava-
chi, subject to pogrom; nowadays a part of
Tazakend rural administrative unit, Shabran
INDEX of Administrative Units and Place Names