Abu Bakr Mirza was the final self-declared

Shah Shāh (; ) is a royal title meaning "king" in the Persian language.Yarshater, Ehsa, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII, no. 1 (1989) Though chiefly associated with the monarchs of Iran, it was also used to refer to the leaders of numerous Per ...

Shirvan Shirvan (from ; ; Tat: ''Şirvan'') is a historical region in the eastern Caucasus, as known in both pre-Islamic Sasanian and Islamic times. Today, the region is an industrially and agriculturally developed part of the Republic of Azerbaijan ...

after the downfall of

Kavus Mirza Kavus Mirza was the self-declared Shah of Shirvan in exile after the downfall of Qasem Mirza. Life He was member of the Shirvanshahs and was the nephew of Burhan Ali. Sara Ashurbayli. History of Shirvanshahs. p.248 He invaded Shirvan from Dages ...

Early life

He was member of the

Shirvanshahs The Shirvanshahs (Arabic/) were the rulers of Shirvan (in present-day Azerbaijan) from 861 to 1538. The first ruling line were the Yazidids, an originally Arab and later Persianized dynasty, who became known as the Kasranids (also referred t ...

, and was son of

Burhan Ali Burhan Ali () or Sultan Burhaneddin (in Ottoman sources) was a self-declared Shah of Shirvan. Life He was probably born in to Khalilullah II and Parikhan Khanum but was bypassed during succession in favor of Shahrukh. A year later of this ...

. Sara Ashurbayli. History of Shirvanshahs. p.249 In 1550 he was taken to

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by loyal noblemen. He lived in Dagestan for 20 years, then passed to the

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in 1570, where he was married to the daughter of

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. He invaded Shirvan with the aid of the

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in 1578, and ruled Shirvan as vassal of

Murad III Murad III (; ; 4 July 1546 – 16 January 1595) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 until his death in 1595. His rule saw battles with the Habsburg monarchy, Habsburgs and exhausting wars with the Safavid Iran, Safavids. The long-inde ...

until his death in 1602, according to

Sara Ashurbeyli Sara Ashurbeyli, sometimes known as Sara Balabey gyzy Ashurbeyli (), (27 January 1906 – 17 July 2001 in Baku) was an eminent Azerbaijani historian, orientalist and scholar. She was an expert in Baku's early and medieval history of Baku and publi ...

. However,

Abbasgulu Bakikhanov Abbasgulu agha Bakikhanov () (, – January 1847), Abbas Qoli Bakikhanov, or Abbas-Qoli ibn Mirza Mohammad (Taghi) Khan Badkubi was an Azerbaijani writer, historian, journalist, linguist, poet and philosopher. He was son of the third khan of Baku ...

states that he wished to rule Shirvan as a vassal of

Safavids The Guarded Domains of Iran, commonly called Safavid Iran, Safavid Persia or the Safavid Empire, was one of the largest and longest-lasting Iranian empires. It was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often considered the begi ...

, so he sent his son Burhan Ali Mirza to court of shah, who failed to gain recognition. His whereabouts are not known. After him, no pretenders claimed the throne of the

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