Arran

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geographical region historical region

Arran is a historical region in the South Caucasus, largely corresponding to parts of modern-day Azerbaijan between the Kura and Aras rivers.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Arran canonical 5

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWith Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Caucasian Albanians ⓘ
borderedBy Caspian Sea ⓘ
Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: Caucasus Mountains
capitalOrMajorCityHistorically Barda ⓘ
countryNow Azerbaijan ⓘ
ethnicGroupsHistorically Caucasian Albanians ⓘ
Iranian peoples ⓘ
Turkic peoples ⓘ
hasRiver Aras River ⓘ
Kura River ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Antiquity ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
knownAs Al-Ran (in Arabic sources) ⓘ
Albania of the Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: Albania (in some classical sources)

Aran Islands ⓘ
surface form: Aran
languageInHistory Arabic ⓘ
Azerbaijani language ⓘ
surface form: Azerbaijani

Caucasian Albanian language ⓘ
Persian language ⓘ
surface form: Persian
locatedBetween Aras River ⓘ
Kura River ⓘ
locatedIn Caucasus ⓘ
South Caucasus ⓘ
majorCityHistorically Beylagan ⓘ
Ganja ⓘ
mentionedIn Arabic geographies ⓘ
Byzantine sources ⓘ
Persian chronicles of the Mongol Empire ⓘ
surface form: Persian chronicles
modernRegionOverlap Ganja-Qazakh region ⓘ
Karabakh region (broad sense) ⓘ
surface form: Karabakh

Mughan plain ⓘ
surface form: Mugan plain
partOf Caucasian Albania ⓘ
South Caucasus ⓘ
surface form: Transcaucasia
religionInHistory Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
Zoroastrianism ⓘ
strategicImportance agricultural plain between Kura and Aras ⓘ
control of Caucasus–Caspian routes ⓘ
underRuleOf Islamic Caliphates ⓘ
surface form: Arab Caliphate

Mongol Ilkhanate ⓘ
surface form: Ilkhanate

Russian Empire ⓘ
Safavid Empire ⓘ
Sasanian Empire ⓘ
Seljuk Empire ⓘ
Shirvanshahs ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elisavetpol → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Arran ⓘ
Ganja → historicalRegion → Arran ⓘ
Caucasian Albania → alternativeName → Arran ⓘ
Chobanids → sphereOfInfluence → Arran ⓘ
Arghun → deathPlace → Arran ⓘ