Azerbaijani Erivan Khanate Flag (Khan's Standard)

by Mahir Khalifa-zadeh

Created:  September 28, 2024

Updated: March 28, 2025

Azerbaijani Erivan Khanate's Flag (Khan's Standard), National Museum of History, Baku, Azerbaijan

The Flag (Khan's Standard) of Qajar's Azerbaijani Khanate of Erivan (Persian: خانات ایروان, Khānāt-e Iravān, Azerbaijani: Irəvan xanlığı, present-day Armenia). 

The Khanate of Erivan was ceded to Imperial Russia by the Qajars (r. 1789-1925, Turk/Azeri dynasty) of Iran under the Treaty of Turkmenchay of 1828 (Persian: عهدنامه ترکمانچای, Ahdnāme-ye Torkmânčây,

Azerbaijani: Türkmənçay müqaviləsi).

Administrative division of  Azerbaijan's Khanate of Erivan, 1820

Later, Russia (Tsar's Order N1888 of March 21, 1828) created the so-called Armenian Oblast (province), which existed from 1828 to 1840. 

The Erivan Khanate was mostly populated by Azeri Turks up to 80%, whereas Christian Monophysites Armenians formed less than 20%.

Iravan Khanate's Sardar Flag, National Museum of History, Baku, Azerbaijan 

Iravan Khanate Flag, National Museum of History, Baku, Azerbaijan 

Source:

- Museum of History of Azerbaijan, Baku, Azerbaijan, http://azhistorymuseum.gov.az/en/

- Ministry of Defense, Baku, Azerbaijan, mod.gov.az/en/the-history-of-iravan-410/

- Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014). Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus (PDF). Translated by Nora Seligman Favorov. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300153088, available at:  https://abkhazworld.com/aw/Pdf/Atlas_of_the_Ethno-Political_History_of_the_Caucasus.pdf

- The Compilation of Public Laws of the Russian Empire (Полное собрание законов Российской империи), Vol 3., № 1888, p. 272—273, available at: http://elib.shpl.ru/ru/nodes/264-t-3-1828-ot-1677-do-2574-1830#mode/inspect/page/276/zoom/4