Azerbaijan region

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cultural region historical region

The Azerbaijan region is a historical area in the South Caucasus, encompassing parts of present-day northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan, known for its rich cultural heritage and role as a center of medieval Islamic science and astronomy.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Azerbaijan (historical region) 3
Azerbaijan (historical region of Arran) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Qajar dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Safavid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithScholar Nasir al-Din al-Tusi NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy Alborz Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
Armenian Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caspian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalTradition Ashiq music NERFINISHED ⓘ
Carpet weaving ⓘ
Mugham NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shiite religious processions ⓘ
dominantBranchOfIslam Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Azerbaijanis NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Iranian Azerbaijan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Republic of Azerbaijan NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalCenterOf Islamic scholarship ⓘ
astronomical research ⓘ
manuscript production ⓘ
historicalEvent Treaty of Gulistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Treaty of Turkmenchay NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalLanguage Arabic (scholarly language) ⓘ
Azerbaijani Turkic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
historicallyKnownFor medieval Islamic science ⓘ
medieval astronomy ⓘ
rich cultural heritage ⓘ
historicalPoliticalDivision Qajar Iran (southern part) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russian Empire (northern part) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalReligion Zoroastrianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalTradeRole crossroads between Iran and the Caucasus ⓘ
segment of Silk Road routes ⓘ
language Azerbaijani language NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn South Caucasus ⓘ
majorCity Ardabil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Baku NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ganja NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maragheh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tabriz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Urmia NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableMedievalInstitution Maragheh observatory GENERATED ⓘ
partlyLocatedIn Republic of Azerbaijan NERFINISHED ⓘ
northwestern Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Iranian plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
timePeriodOfFlourishingScience 13th century ⓘ
medieval Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Maragha observatory → locatedIn → Azerbaijan region ⓘ
Ardabil → locatedInHistoricalRegion → Azerbaijan region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Azerbaijan (historical region)
Iraq-i Ajam → borders → Azerbaijan region ⓘ
Afshar tribe → historicalTerritory → Azerbaijan region ⓘ
Khosrow and Shirin → countryOfOrigin → Azerbaijan region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Azerbaijan (historical region of Arran)
Jibal → borderedBy → Azerbaijan region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Azerbaijan (historical region)
Karabakh Khanate → country → Azerbaijan region ⓘ
this entity surface form: Azerbaijan (historical region)