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Sadiq Khan Zand ( Persian :       , d . 1781 ) , also known as Muhammad Sadiq was the fifth Shah of the Zand dynasty , who ruled Persia from August 22 , 1779 until March 14 , 1781 . ___MASK74___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK74___ , is a country in the South Caucasus region , situated at the crossroads of Southwest Asia and Southeastern Europe . It is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east , Russia to the north , Georgia to the northwest , Armenia to the west and ___MASK49___ to the south . The exclave of Nakhchivan is bounded by Armenia to the north and east , ___MASK49___ to the south and west , while having an 8 km border with Turkey in the north west . The ___MASK48___ Sultanate , officially the Sultanate of ___MASK48___ , was a Muslim state and empire based in the Indian subcontinent on the coast of the Bay of ___MASK48___ . It was an important power in South and Southeast Asia . Its rulers carried the title of King of Kings in the East . The kingdom ' s heartland was in ___MASK48___ , which is today divided between ___MASK36___ and the Indian state of West ___MASK48___ , but its ___MASK73___ included large parts of North India and western Myanmar . Its bordering countries included the Delhi Sultanate , Tibet , Ahom and Burmese states . Mohammad Karim Khan Zand ( Persian :    , also Romanized as Mohammad Karm Khn - e Zand ), was the founder of the Zand Dynasty , ruling from 1751 to 1779 . He ruled all of ___MASK49___ except for Khorasan . He also ruled over some Caucasian lands and occupied Basra for some years . Shah ( pronounced , " king ") is a title given to the emperors , kings , princes and lords of ___MASK49___ ( historically also known as Persia ). It was also adopted by the kings of Shirvan ( a historical Iranian region in Transcaucasia ) namely the Shirvanshahs , the rulers and offspring of the Ottoman Empire ( in that context spelled as " eh "), Mughal emperors of the Indian Subcontinent , the Bengal Sultanate , as well as in Georgia and Afghanistan . In ___MASK49___ ( Persia and Greater Persia ) the title was continuously used ; rather than King in the European sense , each Persian ruler regarded himself as the " Šhanšh " ( King of Kings ) or Emperor of the Persian Empire . Transcaucasia , or the South Caucasus , is a geopolitical region in the vicinity of the southern Caucasus Mountains on the border of Eastern Europe and Western Asia . Transcaucasia roughly corresponds to modern ___MASK97___ , Armenia , and ___MASK74___ . Transcaucasia and Ciscaucasia ( North Caucasus ) together comprise the larger Caucasus geographical region that divides Eurasia . The ___MASK28___ ('; Modern Turkish : ' or '), also known as the Turkish Empire , Ottoman ___MASK10___ , was an empire founded at the end of the thirteenth century in northwestern Anatolia in the vicinity of Bilecik and Söüt by the Oghuz Turkish tribal leader Osman . After 1354 , the Ottomans crossed into Europe , and with the conquest of the Balkans the Ottoman Beylik was transformed into a transcontinental empire . The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the 1453 conquest of Constantinople by Mehmed the Conqueror . ___MASK15___ ( tr . " Hayastan "), officially the Republic of ___MASK15___ ( tr . " Hayastani Hanrapetut  yun "), is a sovereign state in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia . Located in Western Asia on the " Armenian Highlands ", it is bordered by ___MASK10___ to the west , Russia and Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to the east , and ___MASK49___ and Azerbaijan ' s exclave of Nakhchivan to the south . The Zandiyeh dynasty ("") was an Iranian dynasty of Lak origin founded by Karim Khan Zand that initially ruled southern and central ___MASK49___ in the 18th century . It later quickly came to expand to include much of the rest of contemporary ___MASK49___ , as well as Azerbaijan , and parts of Iraq and Armenia . Shirvanshah , also spelled as Shrwn Shh or Sharwn Shh , was the title of the rulers of Shirvan , located in modern ___MASK74___ , from the mid - 9th century to the early 16th century . The title remained in a single family , the Yazidids , an originally Arab but gradually Persianized dynasty , although the later " Shirvanshahs " are also known as the Kasranids or Kaqanids . The Shirvanshah established a native state in Shirvan ( located in modern ___MASK74___ Republic ). ___MASK37___ (, or ; '; '), officially known as the Republic of ___MASK37___ ('; ') is a country in Western Asia , bordered by Turkey to the north , ___MASK49___ to the east , Kuwait to the southeast , Saudi Arabia to the south , Jordan to the southwest , and Syria to the west . The capital , and largest city , is Baghdad . The main ethnic groups are Arabs and Kurds ; others include Assyrians , Turkmen , Shabakis , Yazidis , Armenians , Mandeans , Circassians , and Kawliya . Around 95 % of the country ' s 36 million citizens are Muslims , with Christianity , Yarsan , Yezidism , and Mandeanism also present . The official languages of ___MASK37___ are Arabic and Kurdish . Shirvan ( from Tat : " irvan "), also spelled as Sharvn , Shirwan , Shervan , Sherwan and Šervn , is a historical region in the eastern Caucasus , known by this name in both Islamic and modern times . Today , the region is an industrially and agriculturally developed part of the ___MASK74___ Republic that stretches between the western shores of the Caspian Sea and the Kura River and is centered on the Shirvan Plain . ___MASK49___ (, also , ; ' ), also known as Persia , officially the Islamic Republic of ___MASK49___ (' ), is a sovereign state in Western Asia . It is bordered to the northwest by Armenia , the " de facto " Nagorno - Karabakh Republic , and Azerbaijan ; to the north by the Caspian Sea ; to the northeast by Turkmenistan ; to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan ; to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman ; and to the west by Turkey and Iraq . Comprising a land area of , it is the second - largest country in the Middle East and the 18th - largest in the world . With 82 . 8 million inhabitants , ___MASK49___ is the world ' s 17th - most - populous country . It is the only country with both a Caspian Sea and an Indian Ocean coastline . The country ' s central location in Eurasia and Western Asia , and its proximity to the Strait of Hormuz , make it of great geostrategic importance . Tehran is the country ' s capital and largest city , as well as its leading economic center .