Back ألبانيا القوقازية (محافظة ساسانية) Arabic Albaniya (satraplıq) Azerbaijani اران (استان ساسانی) Persian Աղվանից մարզպանություն Armenian Albania (satrapia) Italian კავკასიის ალბანეთი (სასანიანთა პროვინცია) Georgian Albânia (província do Império Sassânida) Portuguese Албанское марзпанство Russian قفقازی البانیا (ساسانی صوبہ) Urdu
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]
- ^ 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.
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