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The '''Erivan Khanate'''{{efn|Also spelled as "Iravan Khanate" or "Erevan Khanate"}} ({{lang-fa|خانات ایروان|translit=Khānāt-e Iravān}}), also known as '''{{Transliteration|fa|italic=no|Chokhur-e Sa'd}}''',{{sfn|Kettenhofen|Bournoutian|Hewsen|1998|pages=542–551}}{{efn|The comparable administrative entity of the [[Safavid Iran|Safavid]] era, the [[Erivan Province (Safavid Iran)|Erivan Province]], was also known as {{Transliteration|fa|Chokhur-e Sa'd}}.{{sfn|Floor|2008|pages=86, 170}}}} was a [[Khanates of the Caucasus|khanate]] (i.e., province) that was established in [[Afsharid dynasty|Afsharid Iran]] in the 18th century. It covered an area of roughly 19,500 km<sup>2</sup>,{{sfn|Kettenhofen|Bournoutian|Hewsen|1998|pages=542–551}} and corresponded to most of present-day central [[Armenia]], the [[Iğdır Province]] and the [[Kars Province]]'s [[Kağızman]] district in present-day [[Turkey]] and the [[Sharur District|Sharur]] and [[Sadarak District|Sadarak]] districts of the [[Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic]] of present-day [[Azerbaijan]].
Following the death of [[Nader Shah]] in 1747, Iranian authority over the territories north of the Aras River was greatly weakened, and the Erivan Khanate became a tributary of King [[Heraclius II of Georgia]]. This arrangement persisted after [[Karim Khan Zand]] nominally restored Iranian authority in the South Caucasus. The Georgian king attacked the khanate multiple times when the khan attempted to avoid paying tribute. Like some of the other khans of the Caucasus, [[Mohammad Khan Qajar of Erivan|Mohammad Khan]] of Erivan sought to make contact with [[Russian Empire|Russia]] after 1783, when Georgia became a Russian protectorate. In 1794–95, [[Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar]] campaigned to restore central authority in the region and received the submission of the khan of Erivan.
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