Medieval history of Azerbaijan

Central Asian Persianate Turco-Mongol empire (1370–1507)

Turco-Persian Sunni Muslim empire (1037–1194)

Persianate Muslim Turkoman monarchy (1374–1468)

Persianate Turkoman confederation ruling over Azerbaijan and western Iran (1378–1503)

medieval state in Eastern Europe

the historical core of Baku, World Heritage Site

thumb|250px|Safavid conquest of Shirvan|The battle between the young Safavid ruler, [[Ismail I, and Farrukh Yasar, last independent ruler of Shirvan. Unknown artist (1541), Persian miniature currently preserved in the British Library, London.]] thumb|250px|Location of Shirvan from a geographic map of the Caucasus by German cartographer Johann Christoph Matthias Reinecke (1804), [[Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.]]

thumb|upright=1.2|Map of medieval Europe in 1190 showing the territory of Eldiguzids in the lower right corner

The Chobanids or the Chupanids () were descendants of a Mongol family of the Suldus clan that came to prominence in 14th century Persia. At first serving under the Ilkhans, they took de facto control of the territory after the fall of the Ilkhanate. The Chobanids ruled over Azerbaijan (where they were based), Arrān, parts of Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, and west central Persia, while the Jalayirids took control in Baghdad.

region located in modern-day Azerbaijan, historically in Iran

principality that existed in the mountainous region of modern-day Karabakh in the Middle Ages

Caspian Sea expeditions carried out by the Rus between the 9th and 11th centuries

a Turkic people of Oghuz origin

The Shirvanshahs (singular: Shirvanshah, from Persian , ) were the rulers of Shirvan (in present-day Azerbaijan) from 861 to 1538. Their realm was referred to as the Kingdom of Shirvan (; ) in writings completed during or shortly after its existence. The first ruling line were the Yazidids, an originally Arab and later Persianized dynasty, who became known as the Kasranids (also referred to as the Khaqanids). The second ruling line were the Darbandids, distant relatives of the Yazidids/Kasranids.

7th century war in Transcaucasia

natural disaster in Azerbaijan and Georgia

period in history which saw the rise of various Iranian dynasties in the Iranian plateau

The Yazidids () or Mazyadids (after their ancestor Mazyad al-Shaybani) or Shaybanids (after Banu Shayban), were an Arab family that came to rule over the region of Shirvan (in Azerbaijan) in the mid 9th century. Starting from Haytham ibn Khalid's assumption of the ancient Iranian title of Shirvanshah in 861, they practically broke free of Abbasid control and was therefore out of scope for most chroniclers of the Caliphate.

anthology compiled by the Persian poet Jamal al-Din Khalil Shirvani

Layzānshah () or Shah of Layzān was a historical title given to the lords of Layzan. According to Vladimir Minorsky, the title was first granted to local rulers by their Sassanid Persian overlords, medieval authors specifically mentioning Anushirvan.