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Intro changes

The introduction to article was changed adding non-referenced material. This version was discussed at length, and referenced material was used in making. So prior to adding non-referenced or non-neutral information, please, discuss. Thanks. Atabəy (talk) 19:32, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Gazifikator, Karabakh khanate was Azerbaijani Turkic khanate, hence the origination name is in Azerbaijani Turkic. After all, you don't see us removing Armenian spelling from Yerevan, the name of which technically, has nothing to do with Armenian language. Atabəy (talk) 15:48, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Yes, these changes were made by an IP and Grandmaster is adding this POV again and again. Atabəy, it is hard for me to understand how a term can 'technically' be connected to a language, but I'd like to mention that no Azerbaijani Turkic terms existed during the period of Karabakh Khanate, so it is an unsourced OR rather than a historical fact. Despite Moscow was occupied by forces of Napoleon, noone adds the French name for Moscow for that period, as it is not significant. To have a late Azeri (propagandist) calling for a conflict region and an old khanate is much more dubious. Gazifikator (talk) 08:21, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

The people and rulers of the khanate spoke Azeri language, and it is a part of Azerbaijani history. Chippolona (talk) 11:35, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Azerbaijani Khanate

There are several sources which claim them to be Caucasian Khanate, Persian, Iranian and Turkish Khanate... the term Azerbaijani given the period is the most innacurate. Ionidasz (talk) 15:01, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Am I the only one using the talkpage here? Grandmaster, I don't know if you noticed, but you just blindly reverted by giving as justification something which was shown to not be accurate in my own edit summary. Ionidasz (talk) 18:33, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

How is it not accurate? They say that khanate was Azeri. There are more sources about that. I can quote, if needed. Grandmaster 18:36, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

And there are sources claiming them as Caucasus Khanates, Iranian, Persian and Turkic. I left them Shushi for Shusha and replaced with with Turkic instead of Iranian or Caucasus. You don't appear to make any concension at all. First source place it in quotation, and Cornell is not a historian neither a reliable source. Ionidasz (talk) 18:43, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Azerbaijani is an anacronism for the period. I had replaced Shushi by Shusha and used the term Turkic instead of Iranian or Caucasus. I don't see what the problem is and I also see no talk by either the IPs, Parishan or Brandmeister and this is unacceptable. Ionidasz (talk) 16:35, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

And why Azerbaijani should be anachronism? Even Hewsen calls Ibrahim Azeri khan of Karabakh. Turkic is too general, and not informative. It is not clear which Turkic people are meant. Grandmaster 17:21, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

I see in the article Ibrahim Khalil Khan what you mean, the source is a review and 5 sources saying else. And it is not too general, it's an accurate description since the national identity Azeri was yet not formed. Ionidasz (talk) 17:47, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

This article is not about the national identity of Azeris. What is important is that the rulers of the Karabakh khanate belonged to the same ethnic group as the majority of the population of present-day Azerbaijan, regardless of how they referred to themselves. The current internationally accepted and most accurate term to refer to that ethnic group is Azeri/Azerbaijani. Parishan (talk) 05:21, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

It's easy to throw words like internationally recognized, harder to actually prove it. I find it weird you claim this is not about the ethnic identity, when this is exactly what is claimed here. It is your belief that we can interchangedly use the word Qajar and Azerbaijani, it is mine and neutral scholars that we can not. I notice this problem does not exist in other Khanates, I won't venture myself by making bets but I won't be surprised if this has anything to do with the fact that NK is currently a disputed territory. Why don't you ask a third opinion or a RFC to see how it is internationally recognized? According to the article history, the statue-quo was Turkic prior than Brandmaster changed it. where is Grandmaster request for concensus, does it disappear when the coin is flipped? Ionidasz (talk) 14:48, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm astonished by the easiness Brandmaster reverts without even bothering to read not contribute in the talkpage. He removed a source, which unlike what he claims use the term Turkic, and then add a source which does not claim it to be Azerbaijani. This us unacceptable, I believe this user should either behave or be restricted to contribute. Ionidasz (talk) 19:22, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

I understand when one user distorts the sources. But two? Page 45 of Stopping Wars and Making Peace does not even contain the word "Turkic". I made a search thru that book and nowhere it says, that KK was Turkic. The reference I replaced that with supports the statement that the khanate was Azerbaijani: "Kajars settled in the Karabakh Khanate of western Azerbaijan". Brandmeister 16:08, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Your accusations of distortion are groundless, please assume good faith. I see that you finally decide to make use of the talkpage after one warning in your talkpage which you ignored and having warned two administrators about your revert warring. On page 45... ..., Russia extended its control into the Area controlled by the Turkic Khanates, and, by 1805, Russia had conquered the Khanates of Karabakh. The source is accurate a little bit after it annexed Georgia (see source), it extended its control, already the Khans and Russia were negociating..., but later it did more than just extent its control it actually started conquering. Your source on the other hand both place Azerbaijani and Turkic in asterix, and claim the dynasty being Qajar. The next time you gowndlessly accuse me of distorting sources I will report you. Please be careful. Ionidasz (talk) 17:25, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Report me?:) The source applies "Turkic" to khanates generally, without even mentioning KK. Whether in asterix or not, we should simply cite sources, without diving into original research. The references provided before your revert specifically show, that KK was Azerbaijani. Brandmeister 20:22, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Are you kidding me? So according to you, he meant Turkic for all the Khanates, except for Karabakh. Bring any third party editor and ask him what the author meant. She discussed the control on the Khanates, and then finally conquering of those of Karabakh. As for your source, Qajar dynasty..., that's all it says. Ionidasz (talk) 20:32, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

We don't interpret what author meant, but every literate person knows that Turkic is an umbrella term, which does not exclude Azerbaijani. Other sources specify that issue in the context of Karabakh khanate. Brandmeister 20:43, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

Turkic also include Qajars, and as you say we don't interpret. Ionidasz (talk) 01:42, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Where on the face of the earth is "Western Azerbaijan"? It sounds as if they simply recycled some of the irredentist garbage coming from the pseudo-scholarship sponsored by the Azerbaijani government, which has laid claims to every part of Armenia and its monuments. Until 1918, Azerbaijan was simply a province of northern Persia, south of the Arax river. Contemporary geographers never referred to the lands north of it as "Northern Azerbaijan" or "Western Azerbaijan" or whathaveyou. Myself and others have more than adequately demonstrated the hollowness of these arguments in the past. The people during that period never referred to themselves as Azerbaijanis and I think if they were here now they too would appreciate that such anachronistic labels not be attached to them.--Marshal Bagramyan (talk) 16:22, 26 May 2010 (UTC)

To once and for all dismiss any doubts: do not mix Azeri of present Azerbaijan and Azeri of Persia/Iran. Persia referred to different geographical zones as "Azerbaijan" in different periods of time. it can be easily read in Iranica . Using the term "Azeri" to describe a state or national belonging of history before 1918, when a country with a name Azerbaijan was first established, is unacceptable.

Now the references to dismiss this comedy of "Azerbaijani Khanate" term. The first of the current references says nothing about it. It holds "Azeri" in brackets and notes, that it is meant only to show the linguistic similarities: "...Azeri in the sense of Muslims who spoke a version of the Turkic language... (nothing to do with Azerbaijan)". Whoever claims the second source is relevant, bring a full citation with at least 2 paragraphs before that claim and 1 after so the context can be seen.

These references are here to dismiss those pathetic claims:

1. V. Schniremann, "The Value of the Past" - English, page 192: When he is describing the decree of G. Aliyev he mentions, quote: "In March that year , President Aliyev signed a decree making March 31 the day of the genocide ofthe Azeri people. In this decree the Russian-Iranian peace treaties of 1813 and 1828 were associated with the beginning of the "dismemberment of the Azeri people, the redistribution of our historical lands" (a period of time was referred to when East Caucasian Turks had no idea of any "Azeri people", and the term itself had not yet been coined V. Sh.). The decree read, that these treaties had caused ....." End of quote.
2. Svante E. Cornell, "Small nations and great powers: a study of ethnopolitical conflict in the ...", 67 p.: quote: "By the middle of the 18th century, the internal conflicts between the ruling families had destroyed the local Armenian elite in Karabakh. This led to the region slipping out of the Armenian control and a Turkic ruler managing to impose his rule and create a semi-independent dynastic state, the khanate of Karabakh ..... All of these khanates were ruled by Turkic Muslim families." End of quote.
3. Michael P. Croissant, "The Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: causes and implications", p. 11 , quote: "Importantly, disunion amongst the 5 Princes allowed the establishment of a foothold in Mountainous Karabakh by a Turkic tribe around 1750. This event marked the first time that Turks were able to penetrate the easern Armenian Highlands; for the prior seven hundred years Turkic tribes had inhibited the plains of the southeastern Transcaucasus following their large-scale migration from Asia Minor." End of quote.
4. Once again about who ruled the administrative divisions talks Britannica :"Persian-ruled khanates in Shirvan (Şamaxı), Baku, Ganja (Gäncä), Karabakh, and Yerevan dominated this frontier of Ṣafavid Iran."

And unless a normal explanation and citation can be made and discussed, pls do not change the article. This way of editing in AA2 is highly disruptive. Aregakn (talk) 03:17, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Turkic does not mean that they were not Azerbaijani. Turkic could be Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Kirgiz, etc. So we need to be more specific, and explain which Turkic people inhabited this khanate. Clearly, this could be nobody else other than Azerbaijani people. For instance, Rovert Hewsen calls the rulers of the khanate Azeri:

Although written in Persian, the work of Mirza Jamal Javanshir (1773/4-1853) is actually a product of Azeri historiography: its author being an Azeri noble of the Javanshir tribe, who began his lengthy career as a scribe in the service of Ebrahim, the Azeri khan of Karabakh.

Robert H. Hewsen. Review of George A. Bournoutian, A History of Qarabagh: An Annotated Translation of Mirza Jamal Javanshir Qarabaghi's Tarikh-e Qarabagh, in Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies: JSAS, 1995, p. 270

So stop replacing Azeri with Turkic, as if the two are different things. Grandmaster 05:47, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Calling them Azeris would essentially be like calling the inhabitants of New France, Quebecers - mere nonsense. This amounts to anachronism because because neither Azerbaijan, nor the province of Quebec were formed back then in their respective geographical areas. -- Davo88 (talk) 06:03, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Grandmaster, it is probably you, who is mixing Azeri with Turkic. Azeri is Turkic but Turkic isn't Azeri. Your current engagement is edit-warring as you had been shown sources, that the term "Azeri" did not exist in that period. The use in modern works the term Azeri by some doesn't mean that they refer to current Azerbaijan. You are intentionally connecting the Khanate with the present Azerbaijan and do not even wish to discuss it before your edits and reverts, especially given sources that say, that even a century later there was no term as "Azeri people". You also claim by your edits, that the source, that tells, that Turkic tribes migrated to the Eastern Armenian Highlands from the west are Azeri. Why wouldn't you call Turkey also Azeri or Azerbaijan, if so? Please stop disregarding the many proves of your misinterpretation and intentional editing of this section. Aregakn (talk) 12:04, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Was there any other significant Turkic group in KK other than Azerbaijanis? Azeri is not a kind of ADR invention, which popped out in 1900s, read the article Azerbaijani people. We have already discussed that in the thread above. Croissant says KK was Turkic. Other sources specify that issue, most notably Anoushiravan Ehteshami, From the Gulf to Central Asia: players in the new great game: "Before 1918, Nagorno-Karabakh had been a part of the Karabakh Khanate, an Azerbaijani feudal state..." Bertsch confirms, that the khanate was inhabited by people, "who spoke a version of the Turkic language we call Azeri today". Brandmeister 18:19, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

Again, its not just me who calls the inhabitants of khanate Azerbaijani, I cited a number of sources, which were removed for no reason. Turkic does not contradict Azerbaijani, Azerbaijanis are Turkic people. You cannot simply remove the sources just because you do not like them. We can add both Turkic and Azerbaijani, there's no contradiction here. But removing Azerbaijani is not an option, the term is supported by multiple reliable sources, and removal of sources is a disruption. Grandmaster 07:14, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

And again you are missleading readers. Persian/Iranian writers refer to geographical locations with the word Azer. NOT national belonging. If you call it national belonging, then call the Turks Azeri too! If you do not, then stop the interpretation of Turkic as Azeri.

1) The Turkic tribes came from the west (current Turkey) according to RS. Are Turks Azeri?

2) Azeri was coined as a nationality in the early 20th century and RS support it. Any historical event describing periods before it should be addressed Turkic.

3) Very importantly, the Khanate was NOT Turkic but it was ruled by a Turkic family. Here is another misinterpretation by you, guys.

4) The Article of Azerbaijan has not been reviewed properly yet, so do not bring it as an example or some way of proof.

5) Calling the Khanate Azeri is like calling Albania Azeri kingdom. "Azeri" as a NATIONAL entity or STATE entity appeared only in the beginning of the 20th century and that is supported by RS. Aregakn (talk) 13:11, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

Just answer my question: which Turkic nation ruled the Karabakh khanate in your opinion? I did not cite the article Azerbaijan, I was referring to the featured article Azerbaijani people, which explicitly shows that Azeris as a national entity existed long before the 20th century. Enough original research. Brandmeister 17:16, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

The answer is simple: a Turkic tribe did, not a nation. And you tell me, which Turkic "nation" ruled in anatolia from where the Turkic tribes came to the Khanate?

This featured artcle, as you say, is soon to be reviewed due to it's POV, then. Aregakn (talk) 22:32, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

So which Turkic tribe exactly? As for Anatolia, I have no specific interest for that. Brandmeister 05:34, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

Once again, there were no specific Turkic tribes there and whether you have no or a lot of interest doesn't matter for you answering my question is directly related to your advocated change. Neither do you address my other remarks. Aregakn (talk) 07:54, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

There were. The first reference says "Azeri in the sense of Muslims who spoke a version of the Turkic language we call Azeri today", while the khanate itself was located on the territory of modern Azerbaijan AND was ruled by local khans, not some foreign intruders. There was no high-powered Turkic group in the khanate other than Azerbaijani. Brandmeister 13:37, 29 May 2010 (UTC)

If you are not going to answer my questions and ignore them, it doesn't seem we are discussing an issue. It seems you "shout" yours when I am talking and the wind is blowing as an answer only. Maybe we should refer to the help of others.

As for you interpreting Turkic as Azeri for that period, it's only your POV but not the sense of the authors. Aregakn (talk) 00:17, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

I would welcome the others' help, although don't know any Azeri-speaking Turkic group other than Azerbaijanis and this is what Bertsch suggests in the reference. Brandmeister 08:33, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Once again you try tofalsify what the authors say. They say Turkic speaking and Turkic tribes and not Azeri. There was no such language or state or ethnic entity then.

I suggest to change it Armenian Khanate, because it was populated by Armenians int heir majority, governed by a Turkic family. The region was Armenian populated in its majority according to RSs and so this is the only ethnic or national belonging, also in the historic sense, the Khanate can refer to.

We should see how other involved editors say about this offer and then, maybe, ask others' opinion. Aregakn (talk) 10:46, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

It was not Armenian-populated. Besides, in the 17th and 18th century Kajars had settled in the khanate. Once again, the first reference explicitly says: "Azeri in the sense of Muslims who spoke a version of the Turkic language we call Azeri today". Are there any Azeri-speaking Muslims other than Azerbaijanis? Brandmeister 20:21, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

It was not Armenian-populated.???

• The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Volume 1, by Malcolm Cross, p349.
• The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the Eighteenth Century to Modern Times, by Agop Jack Hacikyan, p9.
• The newly independent states of Eurasia: handbook of former Soviet republics, by Stephen K. Batalden, Sandra L. Batalden, p98.

Just a quick search results in these books. --Kansas Bear (talk) 20:41, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Another one....

• The Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: causes and implications, by Michael P. Croissant, p12. --Kansas Bear (talk) 23:57, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

I think the issue of the Khanate being Armenian is not disputable anymore. Ridiculous to give a dialect a status of language and because some tribes moved there and spoke a dialect to start calling the administrative division with what presently is called Azeri. So I offer a consensus for the change to be "Armenian Khanate ruled by a Turkic family". What is the opposition? And please let it not be the reasoning, that the geographical location was called Azerbaijan by Persians. The geographical local name has nothing to do with the national belonging of the division. Aregakn (talk) 12:12, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Armenian khanate? Are you serious? Since when did Armenians have khanates, Muslim states? Can you find such combination of words in any reliable source? Grandmaster 12:41, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

First of all, the term "khanate" does not belong to a religion. It is unserious of you to tell it.

Secondly, the type of a division (Republic, Oblast, State, kingdom, sultanate, khanate etc.) has nothing to do with the national belonging. I don't think you'd the same way be surprised to hear Jewish Autonomous Oblast and Nagorno-Karabakh A. Oblast, or you wouldn't claim that a Republic is Christian only (or French f.i.) and so Azerbaijan can only be Sultanate, would you?

Thirdly, Editors are not here to copy-paste word combinations or words from RSs but to present the sense of what the sources say.

Fourthly, Armenian Khanate shows the national belonging. Your vision of terms in general and word-combination showing belonging are too distorted, I can see. I hope you will read with great intrest the article of Falsification of Azeri History on the Russian WP. Would you like the link? Here it is:

If you understood what I wrote above, then I am happy to hear if you have arguments to these points. Aregakn (talk) 08:02, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Ok, show me a RS that uses the term Armenian khanate. We cannot invent terms here. It is against the rules. Grandmaster 08:03, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

The sources quoted by Kansas Bear stem from artificial resettlement of Armenians in Azerbaijan, conducted by Russian Empire. See for example Erich Feigl's "Karabagh? Karabagh!":

Following the conclusion of the Gulustan and Turkmanchay treaties in 1813 and 1828 respectively, the process of moving Armenians to Azerbaijan territories substantially increased. At that time 86,000 Armenians from Turkey and 40,000 more from Iran were moved to the territory of Western Azerbaijan, which is presently annexed to Armenia. The Armenians were settled mainly in the territories of Nakhchivan... and Karabakh khanates. Afterwards, the efforts on the disintegration of Azerbaijan kept on...

Divide et impera :( Brandmeister 18:47, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Feigl as a reliable source, lol! I wonder if lol is as strong as a word to discribe my laught. :b Ionidasz (talk) 19:35, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

To Brandmeister: your noted author Feigl is a renown fascist anti-Armenian:

The work follows the standard Turkish argumentation that denies the genocide. According to Feigl, the death marches into the deserts and the concentration camps of Mesopotamia were a part of a legitimate relocation program (see map inside cover). While the Armenians are denounced as terrorists who made genocidal attempts on the Turkish majority, the Moslems are portrayed as culturally superior victims (pp. 88ff.). Feigl compares the Armenians to the Nazis (pp. 78-79) and proclaims all and any Armenian documentation as forgery. Vidal-Naquet, "By Way of a Preface," p. 4, summarizes this type of argument: "There has not been a genocide of the Armenians; this genocide was fully justified; the Armenians massacred themselves; it was they who massacred the Turks." Playing on greed and materialist jealousy, Feigl includes photos of luxurious buildings to drive home the point that Armenians were prosperous and thus guilty of a world conspiracy, as is repeatedly insinuated, for instance, when Armenian-American as well as Armenian-Russian relations are slanderously exposed... He cites instances of contemporary Armenian "terrorism" out of context to justify the Turkish massacres retroactively. He goes so far as to deny the existence of an Armenian people and an Armenian identity... He dismisses scholarship contradicting his findings, suggesting that authors expressing pro-Armenian points of view do so out of fear of becoming the targets of Armenian terrorism (pp. 6).

"Hilsenraths Other Genocide" of Dagmar C. G. Lorenz.

This once again shows that you have no intension to come to a solution but you are here with 1 goal, to falsify the reality by all means, as seen above.

To Grandmaster: I shall start with a little language-lesson-intro; what we are discussing now is a "proper adjective". A proper adjective is an adjective deriving from nationality. This has nothing to do with inventing a term but understanding the term. The referece to Azeri here cannot be done, as there existed no such ethnic, national entity or a state division. I guess you did read the references I brought about THIS very case. The only proper (nationality-)adjective it can refer to is "Armenian" in this case.

For us to see the bigger picture and understand things better I will bring some simple examples:

• Bavaria (Bayen): it is the name of an administrative division in a state, right? It has a different name but it is a German Land and it is called so as a proper adjective because of the national blonging. You cannot refer to it as Turkish, even if the first minister there becomes Turkish or many Turks live there, can you? (rhetoric question I guess)
• Cyprus: the Northern Republic of Cyprus is an unrecognised state but it is an administrative division in A way, isn't it? And tell me if you call it Greek, as the Republic of Cyprus? No! Turkish is called the republic of northern cyprus becasue of the national belonging at the time.
• Cilicia: the Mediaeval kingdom was called the Kingdom of Cilicia. But when people refered to it with a proper adjective, they called it the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia at that time because of its national belonging, even if the kingdom was part of the Eastern Roman Empire or had a different name than "Armenia".
• Achaia, Sparta, Macedonia, Crete etc.: These were separate kingdoms, divisions in the Roman Empire by the way. But all those kingdoms were called to be Greek because of national belonging.
• Macedonia: the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is quite a new state, as Azerbaijan is. When speaking about Alexander the Great (f.i.) and calling him Macedonian as a nationality, what do you think, how would the reader in our days understand it? And it is clearly not what the reality is, right? The current Macedonia has little (if not anything) to do with the historic Macedonia. And so Alexander is a Greek King, not Macedonian as nationality.

Once again, at the time-period in question cannot contain any national or state links to the terms "Azeri" or "Azerbaijan" as these entities had never existed before and until the early 20th century. Nothing historic before the early 20th c. can be claimed Azeri or Azerbaijani in THIS regard (national or state proper adjectives). So as you see, I am not inventing terms, but, most probably, you are, and I don't know how more easy I could construe the subject. Aregakn (talk) 22:29, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

I'm not citing A Myth of Terror here and we are not discussing Armenian Genocide, stop diverting the discussion. Regarding your examples, I see no parallels. Khanate was not Armenian entity and if you think there was no resettlement of Armenians, give proper sources instead of cherrypicking. Further distortion of sources would be a disruption, everyone is able to verify the references provided, including those added by me. Brandmeister 17:47, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

You are citing something which was written after Feigl died, lol! Besides, there was pratically no Armenian resettlement in Karabakh, neither is there any record of tens of thousands of Armenians leaving the Ottoman Empire during those period in Ottoman records. Had there been any, Turkish scholars would have blown them out of proportion to support their position. Ionidasz (talk) 18:15, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

Are you serious? The article "Karabagh? Karabagh!" was written by Feigl and the publication where it was published has been provided, including ISBN. Besides, the khanate was not semi-independent: after the death of Nader Shah it gained full independence. Secondly, there was a Treaty of Kurakchay, so the claim that the khanate was officially ceded to Russia by Persia is not correct. Brandmeister 20:01, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

I don't see anything such, and it does not matter, he's credibility is near to nonexistent. As for the independence..., that's innacurate and either way the intro include from it's formation to its end. Also, please stop edit warring. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ionidasz (talk • contribs) 01:31, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Would you stop distorting the sources, specificallly Bertsch, who says "independent" and "Azeri"? Secondly, it was not ruled by the Qajar dynasty, but by individual khans, as the name suggests. Brandmeister 07:54, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

It's at least the second time you are accusing me to distort, I explained above that the intro include from its foundation to its end. I'm sure you understand the relevancy of this point and why for this reason the word independent can not go there. I have sufficiantly explained to you that you can not sherry pick and misinterprete sources, or revert flasly claiming per talk. Anyway, you have to discuss about this with other editors, because I won't be here. But I sincerly expect you to stop this behavior of yours, jumping in edit wars sending other editors to hell. Bye. Ionidasz (talk) 22:35, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Are you acting so on purpose or don't you really understand the relevance, Brandmeister? I was not talking about the very book but the compromised personality of the author and his anti-Armenian Turkified stance on the issues. You better read what I write exactly and don't interpret it at your discretion.

If you do not stop your edits without discussions, discussions make no sense. Aregakn (talk) 11:30, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Bandmeister, have you read what I explained to Grandmaster? You are repeating what he was telling and Idon't want to be repeating myself. If read, then comment accordingly. Aregakn (talk) 11:33, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Almost every author has some bias. Tacitus had disaffection towards Greeks, which influenced Roman culture of his time, but can not be ignored in general. Regarding Feigl, there was the aforementioned Kurakchay treaty, so the reference to him is redundant. Brandmeister 11:39, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

Not a good example and forget about the author that is purely seen biased by his peers. Also stop your edits and get to the point in the discussion. You arefailing to comment what I said in "To Grandmaster" already for the 3rd time and are making edits with no compromise.Aregakn (talk) 13:17, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

As I said, Bertsch speaks about Azeri-speaking people, while Eichensehr does not even mention the word Qajar/Kajar. The latter and Croissant are talking about umbrella term, while the sources provided previously write specifically, i.e. "Azerbaijani". How about this: "...was an Azerbaijani khanate, established in about 1750 by Panakh Ali Khan under Persian suzerainty. Following the death of Nader Shah the khanate became independent". Brandmeister 10:26, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

In the first sentence of this article, why should only the alleged Azerbaijani characterization of this khanate be included, whereas the other characterizations (Turkic, Caucasian, Qajar, etc.) are ignored? --Davo88 (talk) 18:04, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

The page Turkic is a disambiguation and Turkic people is an umbrella term. Two verifiable third-party sources write more specifically in that issue - Azerbaijani and as such are more encyclopedic. Brandmeister 19:28, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Brand, you are not commenting my answer and explanation to Grand. You also continue interpreting the sources at will and as it suites you. What the language has to do with national belonging of the khanate is unexplainable. You are trying to project what you wish to see in your group to what the sources say and even look for inexistent links.

Address what I said about the national belonging to Grand point-by-point and do not be playing around. If you do not address those issues, it'll show your refusal to get to the point. Aregakn (talk) 00:26, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Ask Grand if you wish, not me. I do not interpret sources, just quote them and everyone can verify them via Google Books. As I wrote above, two verifiable 3rd-party sources have been provided on behalf of what you are challenging. Brandmeister 14:28, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

I see refusal of you to get to the point and discuss the issue in a proper manner. You behave as if you are not from the editors community but some privileged editor. Are you sure you are not willing to come to a consensus? Aregakn (talk) 21:39, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Consensus should not serve as a stonewall filibuster. I have already offered one version of the intro above, on June 6, but do not see any feedback. NIGHTBOLT t 20:46, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Before we can see Nightbolt as Brandmeister, the "transition process" should pass and until then I don't think continuing the discussion as with Brandmeister is adequate.

Your offer (if you are Brand.) is what is long being discussed and is no different from Grandmaster's, which I commented point by point why it is wrong, so I think you must read the discussion. In addition I also offered a correct forming of the lead in accordance to the attributes of the subject administrative division. So once again, read it all and understand why your version is wrong and if you see my offer wrong, note in separate points the way I noted why your (and Grand's) versions are wrong. Aregakn (talk) 18:10, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Edit war

As there is an edit war that seems to be on the verge of derailing the discussion above, I have protected the article for a week. Hopefully that will be long enough to find a consensus. Please consider other methods such as a WP:RFC to get uninvolved editors' opinions if you can't reach consensus. Thanks. GedUK  14:13, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

The anonymous edit war has to stop. I don't see the IPs contributing anything to the discussion at talk. Coming out of nowhere just to rv is not acceptable. Grandmaster 08:28, 1 August 2010 (UTC)

It was Twilight Chill who started the edit war after this page was unlocked by reverting it to the Azerbaijani version. And that is not unacceptable for you? --Davo88 (talk) 18:30, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

We are talking about proper referencing in accordance with WP:V, which also demands the sources to directly support the material in question. The distortion is not welcomed, given the excerpts from sources in the corresponding section. Twilightchill t 19:42, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

I fear there may be a new edit war if we do not keep an eye on this article and stop the POV pushers.--Moosh88 (talk) 01:08, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Full Protection due to Edit War

Hi,

I have fully protected this page for 2 weeks due to edit warring. Please discuss any further changes on this talk page before requesting unprotection of the page.

Kind Regards,

The Helpful One 17:38, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Infobox

Anyone objecting to have the infobox, please raise your concern here. I believe it's a practical tool to help people understand its history. Kentronhayastan (talk) 02:53, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

As there have been already noticed in the posts above, there is an unacceptable distortion of the verifiable references, specifically Bertsch and Ehteshami. The flag of Fath Ali Shah has little to do with the khanate since the realm was not an Iranian possession or other subordinate territory, as those sources say. Moreover, the source for the flag in the file description is not provided. The languages in the infobox should be sourced. Further discussion, if the concerns persist, should take place before any new revert, please do not editwar. Angel670 talk 14:29, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

i agree angel670, flag of shah fath ali nothing do with karabakh khanliq. also can not remove source BabəkXürrəmi (talk) 04:37, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

The flag is removed. Considering the Armenian population of Khachen, the languages spoken were obviously Azerbaijani and Armenian. There were no "official language" declared in the Karabakh khanate. Kentronhayastan (talk) 15:00, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

Your verbal explanaton is not sufficient to make your edits. Please discuss your edits on the talk page before editing the article and making your additions. Thank you Angel670 talk 07:32, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

My verbal explanation is completely in line with the other articles regarding the region, if what you mean is the language spoken in the territory (please verify before dismissing it as insufficient). Moreover, it is a historically known fact that the Karabakh khanate was preceded by Persia (Safavid Empire and its following brief successors until the Ghajars settled themselves). There is no need for a discussion about this as much as there isn't a need for a discussion for the fact that Europeans were preceded by Native Americans in the Americas. Everyone also knows that the Karabakh Khanate was incorporated into Russia after its existence. What's left in the infobox to discuss? The map? No one complained about the map, and there are other maps in Karabakh related articles representing a very similar territory that have been kept, so I don't think the map is the issue. An infobox is a practical tool for interested people to understand the succession of its history. Let's not cripple people who want to educate themselves. Just to be polite, though, I'll allow you to reply before undoing your edit (and this time, I'll place references to secure my edit), and I hope this time you will bring fourth some arguments yourself rather than simply dismissing my arguments with a "your arguments aren't sufficient". Thank you. Kentronhayastan (talk) 17:42, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

The facts that in different times Karabakh Khanate was under Persian suzerainty and its incorporation under Russian dominion have already been mentioned in the text. There is no need to overload the article with unnecessary infobox containing repeated information, or irrelevant maps which make it rather complicated than comprehensive. The addition of language is not sourced at all. If you have sources, please provide all of them in the talk to reach the consensus here first. Thank you.Angel670 talk 08:22, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

The infobox is not considered an "overload" on any other page of a state or a region. It is simply a way to organize and summarize articles about states or regions on wikipedia (for example, simply because an information is mentioned in the body of an article, mentioning it in the introduction, the conclusion, adding an image or a map about it, or a box including summarized information on the topic, is not "overload" or repetition). As for the language, I'm assuming what's bothering you is the inclusion of Armenian as a spoken language (since you're Azerbaijani, it doesn't surprise me). Considering the previous and following states of Karabakh had Armenian speakers, it's a given that Armenian was spoken (it didn't simply disappear for half a century and come back). This in itself is enough to include Armenian as a spoken language. However, since this logical reasoning doesn't satisfy you, I will soon update the page with sources (including Azerbaijani sources). (EDIT Reason) Finally, another reason I find for you to revert the article (since you don't give any concrete arguments, I have to guess them), is the fact that it omits the use of "Azerbaijani" for the ethnic group that formed the Khanate. I have edited that as it's simply Azerbaijani wishful thinking. Even the source says "Azeri in the sense of Muslims who spoke a version of the Turkic language we call Azeri today". In other words, the Turkic people who established the Khanate were not ethnically Azerbaijani at the time they created it. Kentronhayastan (talk) 00:36, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

You are not trying to just enter infobox, you're trying to wipe off the fact that Karabakh khanate was Azerbaijani. Was it Armenians? :-)) It was Azerbaijani khanate with Azerbaijani Turks as majority before Turkmenchay Agreement (1828). Yes, Armenians lived there too, but they were minority like Kurds and Russians. One more thing is that the capital was never Shushi as you put in the infobox. It was Panahabad, then renamed to Shusha. There are so many sources saying it's Azerbaijani khanate. I will add the sources so that you at last see. Dighapet (talk) 15:54, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

Dighapet, thanks for adding sources, however I have some objections about your use of sources. Firstly, WP rules require that the sources you use are both directly related to the topic of the article, and directly support the material as presented.. You quote authors who are not reliable and recognized historians, with other words most of the books you refer to as proofs, have nothing to do with historical research of the region, thus they are not reliable in topics like this. I have tried to find information about some of the authors you refer to:

• Kristen Eichensehr: Kristen Eichensehr is a third-year student at the Yale Law School, thus not a historian,
• Michael Rywkin: is a political scientist,
• Anoushiravan Ehteshami: is a political scientist,
• Hafeez Malik: again political scientist, did not carry out any research related to the history of Karabakh as the ones above.

My second concern is that you use sources apparently selective. As far as I have read them, most reliable, western scholars (not political scientist concerned with contemporary geopolitical matters...) refer to the khanates of the Caucasus, as Muslim khanates, refraining from the anachronism of calling the Turkic-speaking clans which ruled them, Azerbaijani. Even the sources that you quoted, do not always refer to the Khanate of Karabakh as "Azerbaijani". For instance: The Karabakh Khanate (...) was dominated by a Turkic ruler and had a mixed population. (Frederik Coene, The Caucasus: an introduction, p. 145). Moreover, as you can see, this source refers to the language that the ruling clan, not the ethnicity of the Khanate as you suggest. You should be careful not to misquote a source. --vacio 19:59, 18 August 2011 (UTC)

I gave you sources that you wanted. Is Tadeucz Switichevski also not historian? With you dispute you try to prove the khanate was "just" Turkic. And where did all these Turks disappear? It's an Azerbaijani Turkic khanate with Azerbaijani Turkic population and majority. I included the book by Coene because he shows the migration of Armenians into Karabakh and their increase after Karabakh was taken by Russia. Dighapet (talk) 14:02, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Dighapet, first of all, I waited about for 4 days, before undoing the edit I didn't agree with. You reverted in just one hour – not having responded to my above-mentioned objections in the meantime. Please be aware, that in this way you're acting against to WP rules, since that is not the way we try to reach consensus through discussion on WP.

Next, you actually did not respond to my above-mentioned objections at all, which are:

• The scholars you quoted are not relevant/reliable in this topic;
• You use those sources selectively and in one case, as shown above, you even misquote them.

As for your remarks above, you seem to use original research deductions as arguments. Karabakh khanate consisted of both Armenian and Muslim/Turkic population. The latter again consisted of various tribes, of which only a part and only in Contemporary history would become known as Azerbaijani or Azeri. For example the Karabaĝ Aşireti were a Turkic tribe that now life in Turkey, but they were neither at the time nor presently called Azeri's.

Please, from now on, only quote relevant and reliable scholars and refrain from making OR statements. And please stick to the discussion and respond to my objections before making reverts. Thank you. --vacio 14:58, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Again I will tell you the same thing. Is Tadeucz Switichevski a historian or not? Please answer. By writing the statements about Azerbaijan like "various tribes, of which only a part and only in Contemporary history would become known as Azerbaijani or Azeri", you're showing prejudice. They were not just various tribes. They were a part of ethnic group named Azerbaijani Turks. With actions like including only the word "Turkic" you want to apply a tricky way to disassociate Azerbaijani generations from Karabakh. "Turkic" means anything from Turks to Azeris, Turkmens, Uzbeks and Kyrgyz. The Turks that lived in Azerbaijan and north of modern Iran are named Azerbaijani Turks and they are the same as Uzbekistan Turks or Anadolu Turks. That's why many conscious scholars and historian note that these are Azerbaijani Turks or the khanate is Azerbaijani khanate. Read all sources without prejudice. The way you suggest is some "Turkic" people lived there, some disappeared and some became Azeri. Wrong. It's actually part of Armenian propaganda that Azerbaijan started in 1918. The Armenians did not become a majority in Karabakh until 1923, after which many Armenians were settled there and even more after 1950-1960's. But before that, during rule of Karabakh khanate, Armenians were only 9% and Frederick Coene notes that on the page I provided. So, please be tolerant toward Azerbaijanis and their existence in the region. @ MarshallBagramyan, you didn't live when the khans ruled, so don't make assumptions. Azerbaijan did exist with various Azerbaijani small states. Armenia did not exist for hundreds of years and especially after Seljuk appearance in 11th century, with Ak Koyunlu, Kara Koyunlu, Atabeks. So, does it mean we have to clear of the name of Armenia in Armenian just because there was no Armenia back then? Come to consensus here first. I provided sources and they will be there until consensus is reached Dighapet (talk) 21:11, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Like Vacio says, the sources that are being used in the first line of the article are not specialists in the field or individuals who have authored works that deal with this period. What essentially happened in 1918 was that several politicians came together and decided to name the republic they founded Azerbaijan and imposed this new reality to all the people living in the lands that it claimed. The country itself did not have any recognizable borders and that's why at the Paris 1919 conference they actually laid claim to the entire south Caucasus and parts of the eastern Ottoman Empire, including Karabakh, Ardahan, Kars, Akhalkalak and Nakhichevan – stretching its western border all the way to the Black Sea. And, for the record, as the first Russian census showed in the 1830s the Armenians formed an overwhelming majority in the region of Karabakh.

True, Armenia lost its independence in the eleventh century (though regained it with the establishment of the Cilician kingdom in the next century) but it existed well enough. That land was always referred to by non-Armenian historians, chroniclers, and travelers as "Armenia" and shown on the maps as such, if not in a geographic sense, then as the place where the Armenian people resided. There isn't a single map published prior to 1918 which shows a place called Azerbaijan north of the Araxes River.--Marshal Bagramyan (talk) 22:24, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Dighapet, you are again using OR statements as arguments and you refrain from discussing the objections against your usage of sources in the article. Once again, please quote reliable historians to support your arguments rather than making ahistorical statements like "Armenians did not become a majority in Karabakh until 1923". It is generally accepted that Armenians have lived in Karabakh since ancient times and your argument makes no sense at all (although through the last two Russo-Persian Wars there was a momentary decline of the Armenian population in the Caucasus region).

Furthermore, I don't claim there was no Azerbaijani ethnicity before 1918. But Azerbaijan as a state and as a nation came into being only in modern times, I hope you will not deny that. Before that, the ancestors of this nation were generally referred to as "Tatarian", "Muslim" or "Turkic" peoples. Thus – as most historians refer to them as "Turkic" when speaking of the ruling clan of the Karabakh khanate – we should use the same denotation here. After all that's what WP rules require.

I will once again summarize my objections against your usage of sources hoping that this time you will agree to discuss them:

• The sources you quoted are not specialists in this topic,
• Even those sources use different denotations like "Turkic",
• Furthermore I think, that the way you quote these sources is wrong. The phrase Karabakh khanate was an ] feudal khanate seems to suggest that this frugality consisted purely of Azerbaijani people, which is once again a misusage of sources since even the one you quoted refer not to the ethnicity of the region, but the clan that ruled it, the Javanshir clan. All the sources agree that Karabakh had a mixed population with Armenians forming majority in Highland Karabakh.

My suggestion to improve the article intro is: 1. to replace Azerbaijani with Turkic or Muslim, 2. to indicate that this refers to its ruling clan, 3. to indicate that the khanate had a mixed population.

Meanwhile, to stop the edit war while we are discussing, I have added the "disputed" notification in the article. --vacio 05:52, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

A contemporary source to illustrate my point on how the peoples of the region were referred to at the time, is the Transkaukasus of August von Haxthausen, fully available on Google books . --vacio 06:41, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

According to google books: "Karabakh Khanate" + "Azerbaijani khanate" 0 results. We must control sources shown in this article, again. -- Takabeg (talk) 06:16, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Dighapet has provided sufficient reliable sources to support his edit. While I appreciate discussion on the talk page, most of the claims I read above are original research, verbal and not supported by any source. "Azerbaijan as a state and as a nation came into being only in modern times" is an offensive claim revealing lack of the knowledge. Angel670 talk 14:42, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

About the sentence ""The flag of Fath Ali Shah has little to do with the khanate since the realm was not an Iranian possession or other subordinate territory."" , I have to explain that not in all course of this Khanate , it has been a rebellious Khanate and in times , central Shahs of Iran like Adil Shah or Karim Khan recognized them as Khans in that region . --Alborz Fallah (talk) 08:19, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Vacio, I already provided sources to you but you also did not answer my question. But I'll explain what is meant by majority in Karabakh. Karabakh had mixed population and besides Armenians and Azeris, it had Kurds, Russians and Caucasian Albanians living on the territory. That's why there are so many names looking like Albanian names from eastern Azerbaijan. Armenians were in majority some time in the history and before Safavids but demographics change like Azeris were in majority in Yerevan until beginning of last century. But before Russians occupied Karabakh, Azerbaijani Turks always were in majority and Coene writes that. They were not just Tatarian or Muslims. They were Azerbaijani Turks. Yes, the term for citizenship appeared after ADR was created but the geographic defining of Turks which lived in Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani Turks and they are ancestors of today's Azerbaijani Turks. What is so not understandable? No, it was not just Javanshir clan that was only ruling clan. As I said before the Azerbaijani Turks were in majority and after Russians took power in Karabakh they migrated Armenians from Persia and Turkey (Ottoman Empire). Here are more sources: , , , , , . I don't understand why it is so much defense against Azerbaijan having majority in Karabakh at that time and the fact that it was Azerbaijani khanate? It was one of 15 Azerbaijani khanates which all are described as Azerbaijani. Dighapet (talk) 14:21, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

Frederick Coene is not a historian, but a diplomatic official with NATO (see here). He is not an expert in the field and it is quite probable that he is quoting or making use of secondary source material. The true specialists in the field (such as Bournoutian) have all made it clear that the Armenians who were settled in the Caucasus were repatriates. The majority of these who repatriated returned to Yerevan and Nakhichevan, and a very small number actually settled in Karabakh. And, as you conveniently ignored or failed to take note, Bournoutian shows that the first Russian surveys revealed that the Armenians formed the predominant majority of the population of Nagorno-Karabakh in the immediate years following the annexation.--Marshal Bagramyan (talk) 16:44, 24 August 2011 (UTC)

The absence of Azerbaijani national conscience prior to 20th century or something like that is a WP:FRINGE at best (if you are somewhat bothered with Tadeusz Swietochowski, see Edward A. Allworth for example, who writes about "the Azerbaijani khanates, the principalities that had formed the political structure of the country"). Also S. Frederick Starr writes about "the local centers of power in Azerbaijan in the form of khanates... that were independent or virtually so, inasmuch as some maintained tenuous links to Iran's weak Zand dynasty. Firouzeh Mostashari mentions "Azerbaijani khanates" as well. All these authors are historians and there are more of them. Ehud (talk) 03:11, 25 August 2011 (UTC)

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