# Tabasaran Principality

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The '''Tabasaran Principality''' or '''Principality of Tabasaran''' was an independent monarchic state in southern [Dagestan](/source/Dagestan), existing from 1642 until the later 19th century.<ref>{{cite book |isbn=978-1610699532|title=Encyclopedia of Stateless Nations: Ethnic and National Groups Around the World|last1=Minahan|first1=James|year=2016|page=405}}</ref> It emerged as one of many smaller states from the disintegration of the [Shamkhalate of Gazikumukh](/source/Shamkhalate_of_Gazikumukh) in 1642. It was located in the [Samur river](/source/Samur_river) valley, roughly coinciding with the region in which the [Tabasaran people](/source/Tabasaran_people) still reside today. Its location close to the main road between [Derbent](/source/Derbent) and [Shirvan](/source/Shirvan) gave it some strategic importance.

The population of the principality was mainly composed of [Tabasarans](/source/Tabasaran_people) and [Lezgins](/source/Lezgins), and minor Caucasian tribes such as [Tsakhurs](/source/Tsakhurs), [Rutuls](/source/Rutuls) and [Aguls](/source/Aguls). The state was governed by two sovereigns, one of which was called [Ghāzī](/source/Ghazi_(warrior)), the other [Ma‘ṣūm](/source/Ismah). It could mobilize an army of 500 cavalrymen.

The independence of the principality came to an end in the course of the [Russian conquest of the Caucasus](/source/Russian_conquest_of_the_Caucasus). Today the region is part of the [Dagestan Republic](/source/Dagestan_Republic) within the [Russian Federation](/source/Russian_Federation).

==Literature==
* Marie Broxup, The North Caucasus Barrier: The Russian Advance Towards the Muslim World, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 1996, p.&nbsp;34

==References==
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Category:Dagestan
Category:History of Dagestan
Category:Former monarchies of Europe
Category:States and territories established in 1642

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