 Tashir region was annexed by Safavid Persia as a result of the 1555 Peace of Amasya and became part of Persia's Kartli-Kakheti province.After Nader Shah's murder in 1747, the Georgian kingdoms of Kartli and Kakheti became independent and united into a single kingdom by 1762.In 1801, together with the Georgian provinces of Kartli and Kakheti, Tashir was annexed by the Russian Empire.