A khanate around the city of Ganja governed by the Ziyadoglu Qajars after Nader Shah's death; its last ruler Javad Khan died defending the city when Russian forces under Tsitsianov stormed it in January 1804.
Conquered by Russia: General Tsitsianov stormed Ganja in January 1804, killing Javad Khan; the khanate was abolished and the city renamed Elizavetpol, its loss to Iran confirmed by the Treaty of Gulistan (1813).
Documents Ganja's Ziyadoglu khans, Javad Khan, and the 1804 Russian conquest in its notes and translation.
Standard account of Tsitsianov's campaigns, including the storming of Ganja in 1804 and the absorption of the Caucasus khanates.