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The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked.
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Shamakhi
City in Azerbaijan
Shamakhi is a city in Azerbaijan and the administrative centre of the Shamakhi District. The city's estimated population as of 2010 was 31,704. It is famous for its traditional dancers, the Shamakhi Dancers, and also for perhaps giving its name to the Soumak rugs.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Safavid Shirvan
Province of the Safavid Empire in the Caucasus from 1501 to 1736
The Shirvan province was a province founded by the Safavid Empire on the territory of modern Azerbaijan and Russia (Dagestan) between 1501 and 1736 with its capital in the town of Shamakhi.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Sack of Shamakhi
1721 attack of the Safavid by rebelling Sunni Lezgins
The sack of Shamakhi took place on 18 August 1721, when rebellious Sunni Lezgins, within the declining Safavid Empire, attacked the capital of Shirvan province, Shamakhi.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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