Shirvan

Shirvan (from Classical Persian شروان Shirwān[1] or شیروان Shīrwān[2] [Iranian Persian: شروان Shervân[3] or شیروان Shirvân[4]]; Azerbaijani: Şirvan; Tat: Şirvan)[a] is a historical region in the eastern Caucasus, as known in both pre-Islamic Sasanian and Islamic times.[6] Today, the region is an industrially and agriculturally developed part of the Republic of Azerbaijan that stretches between the western shores of the Caspian Sea and the Kura River, centered on the Shirvan Plain.

  1. ^ Steingass 1892, p. 742.
  2. ^ Steingass 1892, p. 774.
  3. ^ Hayyim 1936, p. 188.
  4. ^ Hayyim 1936, p. 240.
  5. ^ "Chirvan", Encyclopaedia Britannica, vol. II (1st ed.), Edinburgh: Colin Macfarquhar, 1771.
  6. ^ Barthold & Bosworth 1997, pp. 487–488.


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