Heydar Qoli Khan (Persian: حیدرقلی خان کنگرلی) was the first khan of the Nakhichevan Khanate, ruling from 1747 to 1762 under Iranian suzerainty.
[3] Nakhichevan is both the name of a city and historical region located in the Armenian highlands in the South Caucasus.
[4][2] In Safavid Iran (1501–1736), it was an administrative jurisdiction of the Erivan Province (also known as Chokhur-e Sa'd).
[5] Since the second half of the 17th-century, members of the Kangarlu had held the governorship of Nakhchivan.
In 1747, following the death of the Afsharid shah (king) of Iran, Nader Shah, Heydar Qoli Khan established the Nakhichevan Khanate.