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| | Baku-Capital City of Azerbaijan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | The Seljuk Turks arrived in the I I th century, followed by the Chinghizid Ilkhanid and Timurid em pires from the 13th to 15th centuries, and the Gar agoyunlu and Agh-Goyunlu states, based in southern Azerbaijan, in the 15th century. |
 | | By the beginning of the 16th century, the Safavid dy nasty of southern Azerbaijan assumed the throne in Persia and eventually incorporated the Shirvan king dom, as well as Nakhchivan and Garabagh, into its rule. |
 | | With the final breakup of the Safavid dynasty in the middle of the 18th century, the remains of their empire in the Caucasus fell to a number of independent khanates, among them the khanates, of Baku, Gar abagh, Guba and Nakhchivan. |
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