There is an incomplete list of governors of Azerbaijan, a region in northwestern Iran.
Kings of Media Atropatene
Atropates from 320s BC til an unknown date Artabazanes (flourished 3rd century BC) ruled in 221 BC or 220 BC, a contemporary of the Seleucid Greek King Antiochus III the Great. He is said to be a paternal grandson of the Persian King Darius II from his marriage to the daughter of GobryasARTABAZANES, Encyclopedia IranicaGarcía Sánchez, M (2005): "La figura del sucesor del Gran Rey en la Persia Aqueménida", in V. Troncoso (ed.), Anejos Gerión 9, La figura del sucesor en las monarquías de época helenística.Hallock, R (1985): "The evidence of the Persepolis Tablets", en I Gershevitch (ed.) The Cambridge History of Iran v. 2, p. 591. Mithridates (100 BC – 66 BC), ruled from 67 BC to c. 66 BC who was father-in-law of the Armenian King Tigranes the GreatCassius Dio, 36.14 Darius I (c. 85 BC – c. 65 BC), ruled c. 65 BCAzerbaijan iii. Pre-Islamic History, Atropates, Persian satrap of Media, made himself independent in 321 B.C. Thereafter Greek and Latin writers named the territory as Media Atropatene or, less frequently, Media Minor: Parthian period Ariobarzanes I (c. 85 BC – 56 BC), ruled from 65 BC to 56 BC Artavasdes I (65 BC – 20 BC), ruled from 56 BC until 31 BC. Son of the above named AriobarzanesPtolemaic Genealogy: Tryphaena, Footnote 13 and a son-in-law of King Antiochus I Theos of CommagenePtolemaic Genealogy: Affiliated Lines, Descendant Lines Asinnalus (flourished 1st century BC), ruled from 30 BC to an unknown date in the 20s BC Ariobarzanes II (40 BC – 4), ruled sometime from 28 BC to 20 BC until 4 ADSwan, P.M. (2004), The Augustan Succession: An Historical Commentary on Cassius Dio's Roman History, Books 55-56 (9 B.C.-A.D. 14), p.114, Oxford University Press and served as King of Armenia from 2 BC to 4 Artavasdes IV (20 BC – 6), King of Media Atropatene and Armenia from 4 AD to 6 AD Artabanus III of Parthia (flourished second half of 1st century BC – 38 AD), grandson of Artavasdes I, ruled from 6 until 10 Vonones II (flourished second half of 1st century BC – 51 AD), brother of Artabanus and ruled from 11? until 51 Pacorus II (flourished 1st century & first half of 2nd century), son of the above named and ruled from 51 AD until 78 AD
Early Islamic rulers Al-Ash'ath ibn Qays, governor of Adharbayjan Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik, governor of Adharbayjan (731–733)Blankinship (1994), pp. 150–151 Sa'id ibn Amr al-Harashi, governor of Adharbayjan (733–735)Blankinship (1994), p. 171Crone (1980), p. 144 Yahya ibn Khalid, governor of Adharbayjan (765–?) Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin, governor of Adharbayjan (835–?) Mankjur al-Farghani (837–?)
Sajid dynasty Muhammad ibn Abi'l-Saj, Afshin of Azerbaijan (889–901) Devdad ibn Muhammad, Emir of Azerbaijan (901) Yusuf ibn Abi'l-Saj, Emir of Azerbaijan (901–928) Subuk, Emir of Azerbaijan (919–922) Abu'l-Musafir al-Fath, Emir of Azerbaijan (928–929)
10th century governors Wasif al-Shirvani Muflih al-Saji (c. 929–935) Daysam ibn Ibrahim al-Kurdi (ca. 937/8–942) Abu Mansur Muhammad
Sallarid dynasty
Muhammad ibn Musafir, ruler of Azerbaijan (919–941) Marzuban ibn Muhammad, ruler of Azerbaijan (941/2–949) Muhammad ibn Musafir, ruler of Azerbaijan (949–953) Marzuban ibn Muhammad, ruler of Azerbaijan (949–957) Justan I ibn Marzuban I, ruler of Azerbaijan (957–960) Ismail ibn Wahsudan, ruler of Azerbaijan (960–?) Ibrahim I ibn Marzuban I, ruler of Azerbaijan (957–979) Nuh ibn Wahsudan, ruler of Azerbaijan Marzuban II ibn Ismail, ruler of Azerbaijan
Golden Horde governor of Azerbaijan (claimant) Chormaqan (1230–1241) Baiju NoyanHumphreys, R. S. From Saladin to the Mongols, The Ayyubids of Damascus, SUNY Press 1977, p.335 (1241–1260) Shiramun (1260–?)
Timurid governors of Azerbaijan Miran Shah
Safavid governors of Azerbaijan
Haqqverdi Sultan (?–1593) Farhad Khan Qaramanlu (1593) Zu'l Fiqar Qaramanlu Shahbandeh Beg Torkman (1st term) Qarachaqay Khan (1618–1620) Shahbandeh Beg Torkman (2nd term) Rostam Khan (1632–1633) Storey, C. A. (1927–39), Persian Literature: A Bio-bibliographical Survey, vol. 1, pt. I, p. 318. London. Bijan Beg Aliqoli Khan Vakhtang VI Bakar of Kartli Safiqoli Khan Ziyadoghlu Qajar (aka Aliqoli Khan) Mohammad-Ali Khan of Tabriz (1719–1720) Mikhri (Mehdi?) Khan
Qajar governors of Azerbaijan
Abbas Mirza (1798–?) Jahangir Mirza Qajar Fereydun Mirza (1831–?) Firuz Mirza (1837–1850) Bahman Mirza (1841–?)Anne K. S. Lambton, Qajar Persia, 1987, p. 16; Mehdi Bamdad: Sharh-e hal-e Rejal-e Iran, I, 1999, p.197; Mohammad Ali Bahmani-Ghajar: Neveshtar-e Bahman Mirza, Tehran, p. 3. Mehdi Qoli Hedayat (1908–1911)
Pahlavi governors of Azerbaijan Mozaffar Alam (1950–?) Mohsen Rais (1958–1960)
Notes
References
Играр Алиев. Очерк Истории Атропатены (Азернешр, 1989)