 Elisabethpol Governorate was created in 1868 from parts of Baku Governorate and Tiflis Governorate.This 
included lands of the former Ganja Khanate, Shaki Khanate, and Karabakh Khanate.It bordered with Baku Governorate, Tiflis Governorate, Yerevan Governorate, Dagestan Oblast, and Persia.