Ganja Khanate in the context of "Heraclius II of Georgia"

Ganja (/ˈɡændʒə/; Azerbaijani: Gəncə [ɟænˈdʒæ] ) is Azerbaijan's second largest city, with a population of around 335,600. The city has been a historic and cultural center throughout most of its existence. It was the capital of the Ganja Khanate until 1804; after Qajar Iran ceded it to the Russian Empire following the Treaty of Gulistan in 1813, it became part of the administrative divisions of the Georgia Governorate, Georgia-Imeretia Governorate, Tiflis Governorate, and Elizavetpol Governorate. Following the dissolution of the Russian Empire and the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic, it became a part of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, followed by Azerbaijan SSR, and, since 1991, the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Ziyadoghlu Qajar (Azerbaijani: Ziyadoğlu Qacar, زیاد اوغلو قاجار, lit. 'Qajars (who are) sons of Ziyad') or Ziyadlu (Persian: زیادلو) were a branch of the Qajar tribe that governed Safavid Karabakh from 1546–1554 to 1743 (sometimes, also including Safavid Kakheti), Astarabad in various times, Ganja Khanate from 1747 to 1805. Some authors suggested that, Qovanlu branch of Qajars who ruled Iran from 1789 to 1925, which is currently better known as Qajar dynasty was a cadet-branch of Ziyadoghlu family.