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.ib-country-fake-li{text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fake-li2{text-indent:0.5em;margin-left:1em;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-website{line-height:11pt}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-map-caption3{position:relative;top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn{text-align:left;margin:0 auto}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn-num{margin-left:1em}</style><table class="infobox ib-country vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above adr"><div class="fn org country-name">Caucasian Albania</div><div class="ib-country-names"><i>Arān, Ardān</i></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader">252–636</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Persian_Armenia_and_its_surroundings.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Map of the Caucasus in 387–591"><img alt="Map of the Caucasus in 387–591" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Map_of_Persian_Armenia_and_its_surroundings.svg/250px-Map_of_Persian_Armenia_and_its_surroundings.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Map_of_Persian_Armenia_and_its_surroundings.svg/375px-Map_of_Persian_Armenia_and_its_surroundings.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Map_of_Persian_Armenia_and_its_surroundings.svg/500px-Map_of_Persian_Armenia_and_its_surroundings.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="327" /></a></span><div class="ib-country-map-caption">Map of the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a> in 387–591</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Province (largely autonomous vassal principality) of the Sasanian Empire</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Qabala" title="Qabala">Kabalak</a> <small>(488–636)</small><br /><a href="/wiki/Partav" class="mw-redirect" title="Partav">Partav</a> <small>(488–636)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Common languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Caucasian_Albanian_language" title="Caucasian Albanian language">Caucasian Albanian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parthian_language" title="Parthian language">Parthian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Middle_Persian" title="Middle Persian">Middle Persian</a><sup id="cite_ref-Fortson_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fortson-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-VAS_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VAS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion <div class="ib-country-religion"></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism" title="Zoroastrianism">Zoroastrianism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data">Monarchy</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Historical era</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Late_antiquity" title="Late antiquity">Late antiquity</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Established </div></th><td class="infobox-data">252</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Disestablished </div></th><td class="infobox-data">636</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:95%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border:0; padding-bottom:0"><div id="before-after"></div> <b>Preceded by</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; padding-bottom:0;"><b>Succeeded by</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:0;"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Caucasian_Albania" title="Caucasian Albania">Caucasian Albania</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;border:0;"> <table style="width:92%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Rashidun_Caliphate" title="Rashidun Caliphate">Rashidun Caliphate</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Armenia" class="mw-redirect" title="Emirate of Armenia">Emirate of Armenia</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></span></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Caucasian Albania</b> (<a href="/wiki/Middle_Persian" title="Middle Persian">Middle Persian</a>: <i>Arān, Ardān</i>, <a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a>: <i>Ałuank</i>) was a kingdom in the <a href="/wiki/Caucasus" title="Caucasus">Caucasus</a>, which was under the suzerainty of the <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sasanian Empire</a> from 252 to 636.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChaumont1985806–810_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChaumont1985806–810-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWiesehöfer2001184_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWiesehöfer2001184-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name Albania is derived from the Ancient Greek name Ἀλβανία and Latin Albanía.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 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. <sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caucasian_Albania_(Sasanian_province)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 252/3 Albania, along with <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Iberia" title="Kingdom of Iberia">Iberia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Armenia_(antiquity)" title="Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity)">Armenia</a>, was conquered and annexed by the <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sasanian</a> king <a href="/wiki/Shapur_I" title="Shapur I">Shapur I</a> (<span style="white-space:nowrap;"><abbr title="reigned">r.</abbr> 240–270</span>). Albania retained its monarchy, although the king had no real power and most civil, religious, and military authority lay with the Sasanian <i><a href="/wiki/Marzban" title="Marzban">marzban</a></i> ("<a href="/wiki/Margrave" title="Margrave">margrave</a>") of the territory. In 297 the <a href="/wiki/Peace_of_Nisibis_(299)" title="Peace of Nisibis (299)">Treaty of Nisibis</a> stipulated the re-establishment of the Roman protectorate over Iberia, but Albania remained an integral part of the Sasanian Empire.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChaumont1985806–810_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChaumont1985806–810-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the middle of the 4th century the king of Albania, <a href="/wiki/Urnayr" title="Urnayr">Urnayr</a>, arrived in Armenia and was baptized by <a href="/wiki/Gregory_the_Illuminator" title="Gregory the Illuminator">Gregory the Illuminator</a>, but Christianity spread in Albania slowly, and the Albanian king remained loyal to the Sasanians. After the partition of Armenia between Byzantium and Iran (387), Albania with Sasanian help was able to seize from Armenia the entire right bank of the river Kura up to the river <a href="/wiki/Aras_(river)" title="Aras (river)">Araxes</a>, including Artsakh and Utik.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChaumont1985806–810_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChaumont1985806–810-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Sasanian king <a href="/wiki/Yazdegerd_II" title="Yazdegerd II">Yazdegerd II</a> passed an edict requiring all the Christians in his empire to convert to <a href="/wiki/Mazdaism" class="mw-redirect" title="Mazdaism">Mazdaism</a>, fearing that Christians might ally with Roman Empire, which had recently adopted Christianity. This led to rebellion of Albanians, along with Armenians and Iberians. However, the Albanian king Vache, a relative of Yazdegerd II, converted to the official religion of the Sassanian empire, but quickly reverted to Christianity. In the middle of the 5th century by the order of the Sasanian king <a href="/wiki/Peroz_I" title="Peroz I">Peroz I</a> Vache built in Utik the city initially called Perozabad, and later Partaw and <a href="/wiki/Barda,_Azerbaijan" title="Barda, Azerbaijan">Barda</a>, and made it the capital of Albania.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The seat of the Albanian Catholicos was also transferred to Partaw,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the <i>marzban</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChaumont1985806–810_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChaumont1985806–810-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the death of Vache, Albania remained without a king for thirty years. The Sasanian <a href="/wiki/Balash" title="Balash">Balash</a> reestablished the Albanian monarchy by making Vachagan, son of Yazdegerd and brother of the previous king Vache, the king of Albania. </p><p>By the end of the 5th century, the ancient ruling dynasty of Albania was replaced by princes of the <a href="/wiki/Parthia" title="Parthia">Parthian</a> <a href="/wiki/Mihranids" title="Mihranids">Mihranid</a> family, who claimed descent from the Sasanians. They assumed the title of "Arranshah" (i.e. <a href="/wiki/Shah" title="Shah">shah</a> of Arran, the Iranian name of Albania).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ruling dynasty was named after its founder Mihran, who was a distant relative of the Sasanians.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Mihranid dynasty survived under Muslim suzerainty until 821-2.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the late 6th – early 7th centuries AD the territory of Albania became an arena of wars between Sassanian Iran, <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantium</a> and <a href="/wiki/Khazar" class="mw-redirect" title="Khazar">Khazar</a> kaganate, the latter two very often acting as allies. During the <a href="/wiki/Third_Perso-Turkic_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Perso-Turkic War">Third Perso-Turkic War</a>, the Khazars invaded Albania, and their leader <a href="/wiki/Ziebel" class="mw-redirect" title="Ziebel">Ziebel</a> declared himself lord of Albania, levying a tax on merchants and the fishermen of the Kura and Araxes rivers, which was "in accordance with the land survey of the kingdom of Persia". The Albanian kings retained their rule by paying tribute to the regional powers.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Albania was later conquered by the Arabs during the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_conquest_of_Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic conquest of Persia">Islamic conquest of Persia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics_and_organization">Politics and organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caucasian_Albania_(Sasanian_province)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Politics and organization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The king of Albania was a vassal of the Sasanian empire, although the monarchy did not exercise much control. The king was accountable to the <i>marzban</i>, who held the real authority in civil, religious, and military power. The capital of the province was <a href="/wiki/Barda,_Azerbaijan" title="Barda, Azerbaijan">P'artaw</a> (no connection to Parthia), where they minted coins in the 5th and 6th centuries. The Albanian court was probably modeled on the Armenian court with borrowings from Parthian Iran. Albania also had the Sassanian equivalent of a <i>wuzurg framandar</i> (prime minister) however what his role was is not known, but, as in <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Armenia" title="Sasanian Armenia">Sasanian Armenia</a>, it is possible that he was subordinate to the <i>marzban</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChaumont1985806–810_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChaumont1985806–810-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cities_and_fortifications">Cities and fortifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caucasian_Albania_(Sasanian_province)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Cities and fortifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>P'artaw was established as the capital in 448.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGadjiev2017124_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGadjiev2017124-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was later named <i>Perozabad</i> when <a href="/wiki/Peroz_I" title="Peroz I">Peroz</a> rebuilt the city. The city underwent another name change when <a href="/wiki/Kavad_I" title="Kavad I">Kavad I</a> fortified the city and called it Perozkavad ("victorious Kavad").<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChaumont1985806–810_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChaumont1985806–810-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At this time P'artaw was highly prosperous and a powerful stronghold sometime in the 5th century. Kabala, the former capital, still maintained some importance, and it later became a see of a bishop. Excavations have revealed a fortress and walls, probably from the 5th or 6th centuries. Xalxal, a city situated in Uti but close to Iberia, became the winter residence of the Albanian kings. Diwatakan, also in Uti, became the summer residence. </p><p>The Sassanian kings, such as <a href="/wiki/Yazdegerd_II" title="Yazdegerd II">Yazdegerd II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kavad_I" title="Kavad I">Kavad I</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Khosrow_I" title="Khosrow I">Khosrow I</a> also built many fortifications in the Caucasus and Caspian coastline, the most famous being the one at <a href="/wiki/Derbent" title="Derbent">Darband</a> (modern-day <a href="/wiki/Dagestan" title="Dagestan">Dagestan</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Caucasus" title="North Caucasus">North Caucasus</a>). Movses Kalantuaci speaks of "magnificent walls built at great expense by the kings of Persia".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChaumont1985806–810_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChaumont1985806–810-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caucasian_Albania_(Sasanian_province)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caucasian_Albania" title="Caucasian Albania">Caucasian Albania</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caucasian_Albania_(Sasanian_province)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Fortson-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Fortson_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Benjamin W. 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title="Meshan">Meshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adiabene#As_a_province_of_Sassanid_Persia" title="Adiabene">Nodardashiragan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paradan" title="Paradan">Paradan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Padishkhwargar" title="Padishkhwargar">Padishkhwargar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pars_(Sasanian_province)" title="Pars (Sasanian province)">Pars</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parthia" title="Parthia">Parthia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakastan_(Sasanian_province)" title="Sakastan (Sasanian province)">Sakastan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sogdia" title="Sogdia">Sogdia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spahan_(province)" title="Spahan (province)">Spahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suristan" title="Suristan">Suristan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turan_(Sasanian_province)" title="Turan (Sasanian province)">Turan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Yemen" title="Sasanian Yemen">Yemen</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 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