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part of south Azerbaijan in a short time. Tabriz was 
invaded. Ottomans came across to severe resistance. Owing 
to frigid winter and lack of foodstuffs, they couldn’t stay 

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there and were obliged to leave the country. In spring of 
1535 Suleiman I marched to Tabriz second time. Shah 
Tahmasp moved people of Tabriz to the inwards of the 
country. For not taking over by enemy all grass was burnt, 
cattle were killed and king escaped to Sultaniyya. Ottomans 
entered to Tabriz. Hunger and misery obliged them to 
recede. 
During the dominion of Shirvanshah Khalilullah II 
(1524-1535) Shirvan was still dependent on Safavids. After 
Khalilullah II death Shahrukh (1535-1538) was enthroned 
in 1535. At the end of 1537 the revolt raised up under the 
rule of kalantar (the person who control tax gathering) who 
pretends himself as a brother of Shirvanshah Muhammad 
Amin. In summer of 1538 Tahmasp I and his brother Alqas 
Mirza obeyed Bughurd fortress to themselves with 20 
thousand troops. Tahmasp I declared Alqas Mirza the first 
beylerbeyi for managing Shirvan. Thus, Shirvanshah state 
collapsed. The area of Shirvan changed to beglerbegi and 
added to the content of Safavid empire (1538). 
At the begining of 1547 Alqas Mirza raised up rebellion 
against Safavid power. Alqas Mirza was defeated and 
escaped to Istanbul. Shirvan was incured Tahmasip I attack 
the second time. Tahmasip’s son Ismail Mirza ( Shah Ismail 
II, 1547-1577) was defined Shirvan beglerbegi. During 
1547-1554 years he suppressed 3 feudal revolts resolutely. In 
1548 Sultan Suleiman I marched to Azerbaijan third time 
and captured Tabriz. Alqas Mirza was prisoned in 
Kahkaha fortress and killed in 1549. Insurgents were 
defeated in the battle of Alishaban in 1549. Tahmasip I 

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changed the capital to Qazvin, far away from Ottoman 
borders (1555). 
Decline of independent Azerbaijan state - Sheki 
supremacy run into Safavid period. Ruler of Shaki Darvish 
Muhammad khan helped Shahrukh, while Shah Tahmasip I 
marched to Shirvan in 1538. One time Darvish Muhammad 
khan provided Alqas Mirza with military aid. In 1551 Tah-
masip abolished the independence of Sheki. Population of 
Sheki, khan and aristocrats strengthened in “Kish” and “Geler-
sen-Gorersen” fortresses. Conquest of “Gelersen-Gorersen” 
was appointed to Abdulla khan Ustajli. People of Sheki resisted 
with obstinacy. But the walls of Kish fortress was destroyed by 
gun-fire. Resistance of Sheki population was broken. 
In 1552 Tahmasip I commenced active assault against 
Ottomans. In summer of 1552 Tahmasip I strated campaign 
against Ottoman empire in four direction. Tahmasip I