The Karabakh Khanate is a semi-independent khanate on the territories of modern Azerbaijan established in about 1750 under Persian suzerainty in Karabakh and adjacent areas.
On May 14, 1805, the Kurakchay Treaty between Ibrahim Khalil Khan and the Russian general Pavel Tsitsianov is signed, transferring the Karabakh khanate under Russian dominion.
The Karabakh khanate exists until 1806, when the Russian Empire gains control over it from Persia.
The Russian annexation of Karabakh is not formalized until the Treaty of Gulistan in 1813, when, as a result of the Russo-Persian War (1804-1813), Fat′h Ali Shah Qajar of Persia officially cedes Karabakh to Tsar Alexander I of Russia.
The khanate is abolished in 1822, after a few years of Russian tolerance towards its Muslim rulers, and a province, with a military administration, is formed.
Following the Russian abolition of the khanate a military administration is formed.
