Karabakh Beylarbeylik was an administrative region within the Safavid dynasty of Iran. At the time of the Safavid Iran state, the entire territory of Arran was made up of three regions beylerbeydoms: Shirvan, Karabakh (or Ganja), Chukhursaad (or Iravan). These regions were headed by the shah’s governors-general, who were called beylerbeys, or at other times hakems.