The Javanshir clan was a Turkic clan in Karabakh, which belonged to the Afshar tribe in turn a branch of Oghuz Turks. In the mid-18th century, after the death of Nader Shah, the Javanshir tribe seized power of the region.[1] Panah Khan, the chief of the Javanshir tribe, established the Karabakh Khanate. The descendants of the clan were later absorbed by the Azerbaijani people.