About: House of Black Monk

House of Black Monk (Azerbaijani: قارا کئشیش نس‌لی / Qara keşiş nəsli) was the ruling dynasty of Shaki Khanate. It was first reported by Karim agha Shakikhanov, a scion of dynasty. In his Brief History of Shaki Khans (Azerbaijani: Şəki xanlarının müxtəsər tarixi) written in Azerbaijani, included in Bernhard Dorn's "Excerpts from Muhammedan writers" in 1858. However he mistakenly attributed the book to some certain Haji Abdullatif Afandi, while Azerbaijani poet Salman Mumtaz concluded that in fact it was Karim Shakikhanov's work. It was republished in 1958, this time under the name of Karim agha. According to Azerbaijani historian Adalat Tahirzada, book might be commissioned by Ivan Paskevich - Russian general in Caucasus.