The Janissaries of Baku: Azerbaijan's Muslim Warriors in the Russian Empire

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The Janissaries of Baku: Azerbaijan's Muslim Warriors in the Russian Empire

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Before the oil boom, before the revolution, Baku was the front line of a forgotten war: the Russo-Persian wars of the early 19th century. This episode follows the story of the 'Janissaries of Baku' — a corps of Muslim warriors who fought for the Russian Empire against their co-religionists in Qajar Iran. We meet figures like General Mirza Fatali Akhundov, the Baku-born playwright who served as a translator in the Russian army, and explore the little-known Battle of Baku in 1806, when Russian forces under General Tsitsianov besieged the city. Why did Baku's khan, Huseyn Quli Khan, reject Persian suzerainty? How did the fall of Baku to Russia reshape the Caspian's trade routes? And what happened to the city's Armenian and Persian merchant communities after the conquest? We also uncover the story of the 'Baku Janissaries' — a unit of local Muslim soldiers who guarded the Russian border against Persian raids — and their eventual disbandment after the Treaty of Turkmenchay. This is a story of shifting loyalties, imperial frontiers, and the birth of modern Azerbaijan's multi-ethnic identity. #Baku #RussoPersianWars #Azerbaijan #Caucasus #Qajar #RussianEmpire #Janissaries #MirzaFataliAkhundov #HuseynQuliKhan #Tsitsianov #BattleofBaku1806 #TreatyofTurkmenchay #Caspian #History #FexingoHistory #Podcast #19thCentury #IslamicHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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