A map partially depicting the region in the early 19th-century shows the approximate borders of the Azerbaijani Muslim khanates in North and South Azerbaijan.

Khanates

Medieval Azerbaijan was divided into small, independent countries or city-states, known as khanates. The most prominent khanates were Ganja, Karabakh, and Tabriz. Each khanate had a unique culture, reflected by the schools of carpet design in each region.