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=== Iranian rule === [[File:Coin of Shah Suleiman I, minted in Nakhchivan (Nakhjavan).jpg|thumb|right|Silver coin of Shah [[Suleiman of Persia|Suleiman I]] ({{reign}}1666–1694), struck at the Nakhchivan mint, dated 1684/5]] In the [[16th century]], control of Nakhchivan passed to the [[Safavid dynasty]]. Until the demise of the Safavids, it remained as an administrative jurisdiction of the [[Erivan Province (Safavid Empire)|Erivan Province]] (also known as Chokhur-e Sa'd).{{sfn|Floor|2008|page=171}} Because of its geographic position, it frequently suffered during the wars between the Safavids and the [[Ottoman Empire]], from the 16th to 18th centuries. Turkish historian [[İbrahim Peçevi]] described the passing of the Ottoman army from the [[Ararat plain]] to Nakhchivan: {{blockquote|On the twenty-seventh day they reached the plain of Nakhichevan. Out of fear of the victorious army, the people deserted the cities, villages, houses, and places of dwelling, which were so desolate that they were occupied by owls and crows and struck the onlooker with terror. Moreover, they [the Ottomans] ruined and laid waste all of the villages, towns, fields, and buildings along the road over a distance of four or five days' march so that there was no sign of any buildings or life.<ref name="Monuments" />}} In 1604, [[Abbas I of Persia|Shah Abbas I]] of Iran, concerned that the skilled peoples of Nakhchivan, its natural resources, and the surrounding areas could get in danger due to its relatively close proximity to the Ottoman-Persian frontline, decided to institute a [[scorched earth]] policy. He [[Great Surgun|forcefully deported]] the entire hundreds of thousands of local population—Muslims, Jews, and Armenians alike—to leave their homes and move to the provinces south of the [[Aras River]].<ref>The Status of Religious Minorities in Safavid Iran 1617–61, Vera B. Moreen, Journal of Near Eastern Studies Vol. 40, No. 2 (April 1981), pp.128–129</ref><ref>The history and conquests of the Saracens, 6 lectures, Edward Augustus Freeman, Macmillan (1876) p. 229</ref><ref name="Lang02">Lang. ''Armenia: Cradle of Civilization'', pp. 210–1.</ref> [[File:Armenian Cemetery in Julfa (1830, Francis Rawdon Chesney).jpg|thumb|[[Armenian cemetery in Julfa]], 1830, by [[Francis Rawdon Chesney]]]] Many of the Armenian deportees were settled in the neighborhood of [[Isfahan]] that was named [[New Julfa]] since most of the residents were from the original [[Julfa, Azerbaijan (city)|Julfa]]. The Turkic Kangerli tribe was later permitted to move back under [[Abbas II of Persia|Shah Abbas II]] (1642–1666) to repopulate the frontier region of his realm.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071006080544/http://www.iranica.com/newsite/articles/ot_grp5/ot_kangarlu_20040211.html Encyclopedia Iranica. Kangarlu]}}.</ref> In the 17th century, Nakhchivan was the scene of a peasant movement led by Köroğlu against foreign invaders and "native exploiters".<ref name="GreatSoviet" /> In 1747, the [[Nakhchivan Khanate]] emerged in the region after the death of [[Nader Shah]] Afshar.<ref name="GreatSoviet" />
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