Relationships of Ibrahim Khalil Khan Javanshir Qarabaghi With the Qajar government

The Javanshir family was one of the most important and influential local families in the developments in the Caucasus region, which was formed following the death of Nader Shah Afshar and the weak control of the Zand government and with the support of the tribal system in Qarabagh. From the beginning, the dynasty established relations with the superior peripheral governments in accordance with the time and political conditions to maintain their local government.The pattern of political survival and preservation of the semi-independent government in the face of the threatening and annexationist policy of the central government of Iran, the most important challenge facing this family in the relations of Ibrahim Khalil Khan Javanshir (1176-1221.AH/1762-1806.AD) was Qajar rulers. The different goals and approaches of the two governments formed the relations in a tense and hostile. With regard to this issue, this study seeks to answer the reasons and causes of the differences between the relations of the two powers with local and powerful natures.The findings show that in the tense relations between the Javanshir dynasty and the Qajar dynasty, several important factors have caused the dynasty to fear and turn away from the Iranian government to the Russians. The most important of these components were the threat to the political existence of the Qarabagh government by the Iranian government and the intra-family rivalry between the sons of Ibrahim Khan for the post of governor of Qarabagh and the involvement of superior powers in this issue.This research tries to investigate the relations of the Javanshir family with the Qajar government during the reign of Ibrahim Khan Javanshir by using the method of historical research and using the sources of Qajar historians and local Qarabagh historiography.