Caucasian Albania Arān, Ardān | |||||||||||
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| 252–636 | |||||||||||
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| Status | Province (largely autonomous vassal principality) of the Sasanian Empire | ||||||||||
| Capital | Kabalak (488–636) Partav (488–636) | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Caucasian Albanian, Armenian, Parthian, Middle Persian[1][2] | ||||||||||
| Religion | Christianity, Zoroastrianism | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Late antiquity | ||||||||||
• Established | 252 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 636 | ||||||||||
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Caucasian Albania (Middle Persian: Arān, Ardān, Armenian: Ałuank) was a kingdom in the Caucasus, which was under the suzerainty of the Sasanian Empire from 252 to 636.[3][4] The name Albania is derived from the Ancient Greek name Ἀλβανία and Latin Albanía.[5] Caucasian Albania should not be confused with European Albania. The two countries have nothing in common. The toponym was created from Greek sources who incorrectly translated the Armenian language. [6][7]
- ^ Benjamin W. Fortson, "Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction", John Wiley and Sons, 2009. pg 242: " Middle Persian was the official language of the Sassanian dynasty"
- ^ Shnirelman, V.A.(2001), 'The value of the Past: Myths, Identity and Politics in Transcaucasia', Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology. pp 79: "Yet, even at the time of Caucasian Albania and later on, as well, the region was greatly affected by Iran and Persian enjoyed even more success than the Albanian language".
- ^ Chaumont 1985, pp. 806–810.
- ^ Wiesehöfer 2001, pp. 184.
- ^ James Stuart Olson. An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of the Russian and Soviet Empires. ISBN 0-313-27497-5
- ^ Bais, Marco. Albania Caucasica: Ethnos, Storia, Territorio Attraverso Le Fonti Greche, Latine E Armene. Mimesis, 2001.
- ^ Dudwick, Nora. “The Case of the Caucasian Albanians: Ethnohistory and Ethnic Politics.” Cahiers Du Monde Russe et Soviétique, vol. 31, no. 2/3, 1990, pp. 377–83. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/20170734.