to officially cede it alongside much of its other Caucasian territories comprising modern-day Georgia, Dagestan, and most of the contemporary Republic of Azerbaijan. In November 1822, fearing the wrath of the Russians for the overtures he had made to the Iranian government, he escaped to Iran, so hastily that he even forgot the state seal in Shusha. In 1822, the Karabakh Khanate was abolished and reformed into a province of the Russian Empire. The Iranian government didn't put up with losing Transcaucasia and southern Dagestan. Urging on by Great Britain, it soon began a new war against Russia. The Iranians did not succeed to conquer Shusha, which was desperately defensed by the Russian garrison of lieutenant-colonel Reutt, and were eventually driven out. Dynasty Panah Ali Khan (1693–1758/63) Mehrali Bey (1759/63) Ibrahim Khalil Khan (1759/63–1806) Mehdiqoli khan Javanshir (1806–1822) Prominent members of the dynasty were Jafargulu agha Javanshir, Mammad Hasan agha Javanshir, Khurshidbanu Natavan, Behbud Khan Javanshir, and others. Descendants of the dynasty are spread throughout Azerbaijan, Iran, Russia, and America. According to Y-DNA tests of the direct paternal male descendants of Panah Ali Khan, this lineage belongs to J2b-Y107470 haplogroup. See also Ibrahim Khalil Khan Khurshidbanu Natavan Hamida Javanshir Javanshir Qizilbash Panah Ali Khan Qizilbashi References Sources Azerbaijani noble families Afshar tribe Karabakh Khanate Turkic dynasties