Jalal ad-din Akhsitan was the 27th

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Reign

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described him as "ruler of independent region of Shirvan" in his ''

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.'' He accepted overlordship of Mongols as his coins dating 1256 and 1258 mention Möngke Khagan's name. His name was also mentioned on a semi-ruined building dated 1257 located between

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and Talışnuru villages of

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. According to

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, he was executed by the order of

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in 1260.

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