abstract:The Khanates of the Caucasus were Turkic ruledEncyclopaedia Britannica Online: History of AzerbaijanRussian Azerbaijan, 1905-1920 By Tadeusz Swietochowski page 272Russia and Iran, 1780-1828By Muriel Atkin, Page 16-20 principalities under Iranian domination, on the territory of modern day Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia and Dagestan from the late Safavid to the Qajar dynasty. The Khanates were ruled by the Khans vassal of the Iranian shah (King).