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| This whole sentence should be moved to later sections and partially deleted: "Though it came under strong Armenian religious and cultural influence, the country was largely independent." Obviously this whole sentence is designed to feed nationalistic POVs. The sources are all faulty sources (one is from 1854. Another is Soviet Encyclopedia (designed to minimize Iranian influence in Armenia, Georgia and Caucasian Albania) and another one has nothing to do with ancient historiography). In actuality, Caucasian Albania was ruled probably by Medes, definitely by Achaemenids, then by Parthians and then by Sassanids (at least as a client Kingdom of Iranian rulers and sometimes directly through Marzabans), then parts by Iranian Mihranids, Iranian Bagratids..and finally by Arabs, then by Iranian or Iranianized dynasties, then by Seljuqs Turks, Sherwanshahs/Atabeks, Khwarzmidshahs, Mongols, Turkomens, Safavids and Qajars, Russians and modern period. If by independent we mean that the rulers were actual Caucasian Albanians, then from Median period till Arab period, this is hardly true. Note Swietchowski: "What is now the Azerbaijan Republic was known as Caucasian Albania in the pre-Islamic period, and later as Arran. From the time of ancient Media (ninth to seventh centuries b.c.) and the Persian Empire (sixth to fourth centuries b.c.), Azerbaijan usually shared the history of what is now Iran.". Virtually the toponyms of the most important ancient cities and regions including Baku, Ganja, Barda', Beylekan/Paytakran, Sherwan are all Iranian. Also: "The kingdom's long-term capital was Qabala." where-as this might been very short period. The whole introduction is actually suffering from the fact that it is written for two purposes: 1) to show Albania/Albanians as independent people with long history, where-as Albanians were simply different Caucasian tribes and were ruled by Iranian kings. 2) To show Armenian influence which is valid, but the Iranian influence is more (so why not put it in the intro?) and even Zoroastrianism was spread in the area and this should be in the intro as well. I propose removing any source that does not have anything to do with ancient history and rewriting the whole article based on ancient period, Mede/Achamenid, Greek-Roman period, Parthian period, Sassanid period. Then a section on Caucasian Albanians (as a people) and possible linguistic off-shoots (Udi, Lezgi), and then a section on Armenian influence and Armenianization, Iranian influence, and Hunnic/Khazaric entrustions. The Encyclopedia Iranica articles on Arran and Albania are written by neutral experts and should be followed. Soviet Encyclopedia and sources about NK conflict should be avoided. Note Soviet Encyclopedia should not just be avoided for this article only, but any article with regards to the Caucasus(Armenia and Georgia as well) since its purpose has been to minimize Iranian influence based on political interests of the USSR. We can also see this sometimes in Western historiography (though I cannot do much about it) where due to Iran being a rival of the West in the Achaemenid, Parthian, Sassanids periods, some authors will minimize its influence. Also the local Christians who wrote the main historiography were hostile to Sassanids but Islamic sources are more favorable. Of course all this will take time, and for now I am interested in just fixing the Sassanid section, but this is a long term proposition to make the article balanced. --] (]) 17:14, 24 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :I suggest delaying at least. The independence of CA is confirmed by various sources (that of 1854 can not be dismissed just because it is purportedly obsolete) whereas some other points are supported only by Iranica. Indeed it is written by third party scholars, but honestly I don't expect them to follow objectivity in questions that are somehow important for Iranians. The alleged Persian dominance is presumptive and should be dealt with via ]. Even Swietchowski quoted here does not explicitly say that CA was Persian-controlled. ]] 19:15, 25 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::Well I just checked the 1854 source and there was nothing there, so I am deleting it based on the fact that no such thing is mentioned. Note the book is available for free online. . Of course it could been deleted based on the fact that it is oudated (for example no one uses Encyclopedia 1911 if Britannica 2008 says something different), but it was deleted because no such statement was there. On Iranica, it is 3rd party Western scholars Chaumont and Bosworth with specific articles. We can't add conspiracy theories. In actuality books on the NK conflict should not be used and obviously Soviet sources. The Iranica articles are written within the scope of ancient historiography and not modern politics. And the same points made in Iranica can be found in dozens of book. And for Iranians, wether CA was dependent, client state, controlled by Sassanids and etc. has no political significance today. Only for couple of people like me (and to tell you the truth I think I might be the only Iranian in 70 million but no more than a handful), who care about the USSR politicization, likes to get the facts straight in the Caucasus article and make sure history is written unbiasedly. If CA was independent, then obviously maps of Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanid empire would not contain it, but there are hundreds of books on Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanids which show their geographical extent and all of them contain CA. Just do a google books search for maps of Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanid empire and you will see it is not few sources. Swietchowski mentions Medes as well where-as Chaumont is more cautious, although again Siwetchowski is not a good source with regards to ancient historiography, but I mention him because you can't say he is biased. The political status of CA or multiple kingdoms within it, need to be discussed in each separate section of different periods. A blanket statement when it was obviously under Achaemenid control should not be added in the introduction. Also the Armenian influence starts after Iranian kings of Armenia adopted Christianity in order to make themselves independent of Sassanids, but this is from 320-330 A.D.. So that portion needs to be dealt with in its own historical section. So if you have valid sources (from actual Western historians), then I have no problem discussing the status of CA at different junctions from the Median era till the Arab invasion. But please no conspiracy theories that Chaumont, Bosworth or etc. are biased.. I can show dozens of maps from google books on Sassanid, Achaemenid and Parthian empires. --] (]) 23:05, 25 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::If CA was a somehow dependent realm in antiquity, then why it is not depicted as such? So far no map I have seen presents Albania as incorporated into Persian empire prior to Sassanids. Different sources do not support Iranica's notion on that. | |||
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| {{Quotation|The people nominally submitted to Pompey, but remained really independent.}} | |||
| [http://books.google.com/books?id=R2dwFYio3g4C&pg=PA17&dq=Caucasian+Albania+independent ''A | |||
| Historical Atlas of Azerbaijan'', Sherri Liberman, 2004, p. 17]: | |||
| {{Quotation|It was relatively independent from the Greek Macedonian rulers and remained so until the later Arab invasions of the seventh century AD.}} | |||
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| {{Quotation|The subjugation of Albania is unrecorded}} | |||
| So no scholar consensus on Albanian subjection throughout antiquity, as such I urge to hold the related edits. And no Soviet conspiracy :) ]] 19:14, 26 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Your first source is about Roman era and is outdated. The title of the book is: "A dictionary of Greek and Roman geography " and it scope is such. Furthermore, to show it is outdated: "Of the history of Albania there is almost nothing said. The people nominally submitted to Pompey, but remained really independent". Nothing about Achaemenids. Not Sassanids.. It is about the era of pompey. It is outdated 1852 source, you cannot use it in an article written for 2009 since much work has been done in the 20th century. Your second source is not scholarly and not written by historians: "Alexander the great also acquired territory in northern Azerbaijan and called it Caucasian Albania!". It contradicsts both Wiesehofer, and Iranica, Britannica and is not written by a historian. The person that wrote that book is not historian. But even she covers the Achaemenid era, which shows it was part of the Achaemenid Persian empire. Your third source is about the Roman era. You are in serious violation of Misplaced Pages policy by ], since you are using the fact that Albania was independent in the Roman era, you are claiming it was independent in Achaemenid, Mede, Parthian and Sassanid era. Where-as in my introduction I have covered all sources and periods. | |||
| ::::As per maps . I would definitely read wikipedia policies and not push anything. Sassanids did not conquer Albania in the 5th century. It is already mentioned as a province in the Shapur inscription. What they did was direct rule of the area after removing the entrusted Iranian (not Caucasian Albanian background) kings (whom they entrusted with ruling the area) who were member of the Sassanid royal aristocracy. --] (]) 11:32, 27 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::::And you are contradicting yourself too: ''So no scholar consensus on Albanian subjection throughout antiquity''. So then why are you claiming it so? Yes no one said it was the whole period but the scope of the article is at least from the Median era up to the Arab invasion where the article then transitions to Arran/Sherwan. Your two sources that were academic (although the 1852 was outdated) are talking about the Roman era. Not Achaemenid, Median, rise of Parthians in the area , Sassanid era and etc. But you are violating ] by making a blank statement. | |||
| ::::SO the Roman era does not apply to the Achaemenid era: "Achaemenid rule in the Caucasus region was established, at the latest, in the course of the Scythian campaign of Darius I in 513-12 BCE. The Persian domination of the cis-Caucasian area (the northern side of the range) was brief, and archeological findings indicate that the Great Caucasus formed the northern border of the empire during most, if not all, of the Achaemenid period after Darius." | |||
| ::::Or the Sassanid era: "The king of Albania was one of the chief vassals of the King of Kings, but exercised only a semblance of authority and was accountable to the marzbān who held the real civil, religious, and military power. The marzbāns had their seat at Pʿartaw, the capital, where in the 5th and 6th centuries they minted silver coinage (cf. Trever, Ocherki, p. 251). " | |||
| ::::Or the Median era: --] (]) 11:50, 27 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Please also start using some academic sources and not random authors. The sources you brought had to do with the Roman era except the Liberman source which is not ](and incidentally says the Achaemenids controlled the Caucasus and has a large section on them) and does not have the weight of Iranica, Britannica, Wiesehofer, Chaumont, Whittow and historians. Even I hesistate to quote non-historians about that era like Siwetchowski who states: "From the time of ancient Media and Achaemenid Persia, Azerbaijan (he means the republic) was drawn into the orbit of Iran", but you are going after any source that can claim contrarian viewpoint without looking at the qualification of its author. The other political book source also says it came under direct Persian rule (which you did not quote. So please mind ], you cannot extend the independence Albania in the '''Roman era''' to the '''Achaemenid''' era. That Achaemenids and more likely Medes controlled the lower Caucasus is well known and I do not need to add 10+ sources to make a point here. --] (]) 12:12, 27 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Again, the source can not be dismissed because it is old, one should also demonstrate that the notion it holds is outdated. Furthermore, as we know it was the 19th century that saw a striking interest in history and archaeology. Persian domination in CA was not continuous, looks like here we have a consensus. ]] 14:29, 27 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::Of course it can.. To give a more extreme example, if a source says the earth is flat and it is from the 14th century, then it is dismissed. 1852 is awfully outdated. Of course we can do an RFC on this, but I have no problem with the 1852 source since it is referencing the Roman era around Pompey and is not discussing say Achaemenid era. In general, I prefer anything above 1950s or so. Yes I agree Iranian domination was not continous, the source for example you have refers to the Roman era where I agree there was independent kingdom. But at the same time, your source does not deny it was part of the Achaemenid empire either or for that matter Parthian, Sassanid empires. So that is why I gave all the different scenarios in the introduction.--] (]) 14:40, 27 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| Also what you added was ], since no such sentence was found in those books. It for example contradicts Swiecthowski or Iranica or even Wiesehofer (who uses kingdom but entrusted kingdom), Britannica (see Shapur's list of provinces) and sources, besides not being in the source you mentioned. So by Misplaced Pages policy, differing viewpoints should be stated in their own section. The 1852 and the other book "The Armenians" is also discussing the Roman era, so one cannot generalize for the whole period of the article and say the Roman era is talking about Achaemenid era. Indeed I already showed maps of Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanid empire and Albania was either part of it (Achaemenid and a portion of Sassanids) or a client kingdom. It was independent however in the Roman era and at sometimes it had multiple fiefdoms (per Minorsky) in the late Sassanid era. The Arsacisd kingdom of Albania was at most a client kingdom of larger Parthian/Sassanid empires, but again this is a Parthian-Iranian kingdom and not really connected to the Caucasian-speaking Albanians. All of these are included in their own section. Note if I was a POV-pusher I would put this: "What is now the Azerbaijan Republic was known as Caucasian Albania in the pre-Islamic period, and later as Arran. From the time of ancient Media (ninth to seventh centuries b.c.) and the Persian Empire (sixth to fourth centuries b.c.), Azerbaijan usually shared the history of what is now Iran" right in the intro. So lets keep the introduction clean and lets not violate ] and ] by bringing the Roman era into the Achaemenid, Median or Sassanid era. The complexity of the Sassanid era has its own section. --] (]) 15:16, 27 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :Your analogy to flat Earth is extreme indeed :) If a notion in some old source is confirmed by several modern, then I think it has a weight, especially if one has nothing against the author. GSE is not perfect, but no one has dismissed it at WP:RSN yet. Again, if GSE's statements are backed by several modern scholars (and there are such points), then I see no reason to call it unreliable and remove. Anyway thanks for rapport and compromiss in the lead. ]] 20:35, 27 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| == The Caucasian knot == | |||
| I removed the Soviet Encyclopedia for obvious reasons as USSR historiography is well known to be have been politicized. But I also removed Caucasian knot . Note it explicitly states: "During the first centuries AD Albania, like Armenia, was governed by Arsacids (Arshakuni) dynasty, installed by Persians". The book is also political: "Relying on that certain historians of the Baku school have tried to show that territories extending between Lake Sevan and the Kura (which would include Karabagh) have belonged, since antiquity, not to Armenia but to Caucasian Albania...in reality any ancient Greek and Roman historians...confirmum until the fifth century AD these territories were part of Armenia...". Such works with political rhetorics that are not about ancient historiography should be avoided. I have no problem in stating when CA was dependent, independent , client kingdom, province and etc, but I encourage not using modern books about politics when discussion ancient historiography unless there needs to be a section on politicization of Albanians. But we cannot make a general blank statement. It was independent it seems during the time of Strabo. It sure was not independent during the Achaemenid era. So each century it can deal with its own section. --] (]) 23:26, 25 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| I modified the intruduction and moved some things around, but did not delete any sources except the ones I mentioned. I also removed mention of Manneans since I am not sure what was its relation.--] (]) 23:38, 25 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::I think the reference from this book is important as two Armenian scholars also support the notion (I addressed that issue at NK talk): | |||
| {{quotation|The Albanians fiercely resisted the Roman armies, and the country was, it is thought, largely independent until the fifth century AD... ''The Caucasian Knot'', Zed Books, 1994, p. 54}} | |||
| ::But it seems like the authors contradict each other per above. ]] 19:23, 26 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::::This is with regards to Roman time, not the whole period of the article from at least Medes to the Arab era (where the article transitions to Arran and Sherwan). The same author also wrotes:'''During the first centuries AD Albania, like Armenia, was governed by Arsacids (Arshakuni) dynasty, installed by Persians'''. So who is cherry picking? --] (]) 11:24, 27 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::Claiming that a source should be removed because it is "political" is a strange assertion to make. Nepaheshgar, you don't want the Soviet Encyclopedia to be used because it is, according to you, "politicised". Unless you came to this opinion on your own, you got it from history books that talk about the politicisation of history during the Soviet period. In other words, you are using a type of source (history books that deal with the politial aspects of history) to remove the Soviet Encyclopedia source, and moments later eliminating the very same type of source that you used to justify removing the Soviet Encyclopedia! Actually, from what I've read, the Soviet Encyclopedia is known to be fairly accurate about ancient history - it's only when it gets to the 19th century period that it starts to be inaccurate and biased. [[User:Meowy|<font face="Trebuchet MS, verdana, sans serif" | |||
| color="#0088BB">'''Meowy'''</font>]] 00:34, 27 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Soviet Encyclopedia is inaccurate. See: "Slezkine, Yuri. “The Soviet Union as a Communal Apartment.” in Stalinism: New Directions. Ed. Sheila Fitzpatrick, Routledge, New York, 2000.". ""Soviet Nationalism’: An Ideological Legacy to the Independent Republics of Central Asia’" Prof. Dr. Bert G. Fragner ".. and etc. Materials with regards to Azerbaijan was written in order to minimize influence of connection with Iran (and also Turkey). For example Babak Khorramdin was portrayed as a rebel that together united Azeris, Armenians, Georgians...Overall the historiography of the USSR was not scientific and I can find numerous examples, but direct quotes exist on miminimizing Iranian influence. Materials with regards to Armenia were also written heavily with Urartu in mind and materials with regards to Georgia, Albania, Armenia and etc. were written to hide the fact that many of the kings/rulers were actually Iranian. --] (]) 11:36, 27 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Yes, it is a cherrypicking actually. ]] 03:12, 27 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::::No it is not cherry picking. Books should be primarily about the subject (history) and not politics. The same author also wrotes:'''During the first centuries AD Albania, like Armenia, was governed by Arsacids (Arshakuni) dynasty, installed by Persians'''. So who is cherry picking? --] (]) 11:24, 27 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::::I think we should avoid politically motivated sources, however if such sources on both sides agree on something, they could be used to support the point they agree about. --]] 10:31, 27 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::::: That makes sense. Why should a topic of history be written by authors who are not historians? If the primary goal is to create an Encyclopedia and not a political manifesto, it makes sense to give primacy to authors who write about this era and are not affiliated with any political entity (say USSR, Caucasus, Iran). Unless there is stuff about politicization of Caucasian Albanian history, we should rely on materials by historians who have written about that period: Hewsen, Chaumont, Wiesehoefer, Minorosky and etc. --] (]) 11:24, 27 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::As long as it is recognised that there is a difference between "politically motivated sources" and "works with political rhetorics that are not about ancient historiography". The former are unlikely to be suitable for sources, the latter could be perfectly legitimate. ] 20:45, 27 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::You are correct that is legitimate for Misplaced Pages. My emphasis in writing any article is to use specialists in the field. For example, lets take the Iranica article on Albania. It is written for a specialist Encyclopedia and you do not find the author who is an expert using sources that have nothing to do with modern conflicts. By the way on USSR sources in general: "Azerbaijan history was re-written to establish the existence of strong friendly relations between Russia and Azerbaijan in the past and to deny close cultural ties with Persia of which for hundreds of years Azerbaijan was an integral part. Vigorous attempts were made to snap Azerbaijan’s cultural ties with Iran."(Muslims Under the Czars and the Soviets by J.G. Tiwari, 1984, AIRP). | |||
| ::::::::As per GSE, I finally found the article. Did a google translation. Here are some of funny comicbook highlights for nation-building consumptions: "the people of AK along with the peoples of Armenia and Georgia waged a '''heroic struggle''' against the incursions of the ancient Romans in the Transcaucasus ". "In the 3-5 centuries. emerging feudal relations, expedited approval of this Christianity as state religion." (note nothing about Iranian Parthians ruling this area and Arsacid dynasty which was later approved by Sassanids). "AK(Albania) was one of the most active participants antisasanidskogo rebellion (450-451), led by Prince Vartan Armenian Mamikonyanom." This is not correct. Albania sided with Sassanid Persia and was fairly royal client kingdom as Mark Withow pointed out. And these battles Sassanid Persia/Albania and Armenia were battles fought by Iranian princes/aristocrats of these regions. The USSR or some people have intrepreted the Zoroastrian-Christianity battle of Armenia and Sassanid empire as a battle between "Persians\Iranians and Armenians". In reality, both sides were ruled by Iranians and would have had Zoroastrian/Christian Armenians/Albanians in their army. It was a religious struggle. It goes further: "In 6 of the. Sasani eliminated Albanian dynasty kings, but in 7. as a result of the continuing struggle against oppression AK sasanidskih shahinshahov its independence was restored.". This is false, the Sassanids actually re-established monarchy here and then created several other fiefdoms too. Note how it uses words as "heroic struggles", "Sassanid oppression" and etc, these sources are highly biased when it comes to potrayl of Iran. So that is why I just prefer Western sources written by historians who specialize in this region. --] (]) 23:42, 27 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::I don't think the Soviet historiography can be discarded altogether, Such Russian experts of the era as ], or ], or Piotrovsky, and many others, had international recognition and are referred to by modern scholars all over the world. GSE should be used with caution, because it was a politically motivated source, but at the same time it provided a lot of statistics and other info that is very useful. But generally, I agree that we should give preference to professional historians, since this article is about the ancient history. --]] 06:44, 28 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::::::That is true I am not ruling out totally. But one can even see big difference between the original book on Media by Diakonov and Diakonov's Cambridge history of Iran article in 1982 (when the USSR was more open). Overall though, using terms such as heroic struggle and downplaying Sassanid/Parthian influence seems to be present in USSR material, but now this is being rectified slowly.--] (]) 14:00, 30 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::::::::True, but one can distinguish between propaganda style writings and more objective ones. I think we should discuss the actual sources to verify their reliability. When using sources, the quotes should be provided for everyone to see the context. --]] 10:06, 31 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| == Intro == | |||
| I suggest we remove this part from the intro: | |||
| ''After the dissolution of the Achaemenid empire, an independent Caucasian Albanian kingdom existed in the first century B.C. before the rise of the ]. During the Sassanid era, at times it was a province and\or client kingdom of the ]. After the downfall of the ], control was past to the ] under the Islamic empire. '' | |||
| I don't think this is needed there, the intro should only explain what Albania was. The rest can be detailed in the main text of the article.--]] 08:09, 28 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :I have compromissed the lead with Nepaheshgar, let's see what he says. ]] 10:01, 28 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::I think the shorter is the better. No need to cram the entire history of the region into the lead. --]] 13:56, 28 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::Yes. My other concern is that the Albanian kingdom was within the Achaemenid state for a very short period (as being founded in the twilight of Achaemenids, according to in the late 4th-early 3rd century BC) whereas the foreign ascendancy over Albanian throne still assumes the independent kingdom which was unincorporated till Sassanids (thus being independent throughout most of its history). ]] 14:22, 28 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::::The Webster dictionary is actually referencing Misplaced Pages(it says WP) which makes it invalid. On the intro I'll await you guys suggestion. I am just concerned the Achaemenid, Parthian and Sassanid is generalized by the Roman era when there was an independent Albanian kingdom until the rise of the Iranian pan-Parthian dynasty of Albania. Possibly we can take it from Iranica and while mentioning it corresponds roughly to modern republic of Azerbaijan and Daghestan.. Here is what Iranica says:"ALBANIA (Iranian Aran, Arm. Ałuankʿ), an ancient country in the Caucasus (for Albania in Islamic times, see Arrān). It was bounded on the north by the Ceraunian mountains, an extension of the Caucasus, on the east by the Caspian Sea, and on the south by the lower course of the Araxes (Aras); on the west its frontiers were unstable: The frontier along the Kura (Kor), affirmed by Strabo (Geography 11.14.5), was repeatedly overrun, to the advantage sometimes of the Albanians, sometimes of the Armenians. The Albanians are mentioned for the first time at the battle of Gaugamela (331 B.C.), as being in a contingent composed also of Medes, Cadusii, and Sacae, under the command of Atropates, satrap of Media (Arrian Anabasis 3.8.4, 3.11.4), and then in the guard attending Darius III (ibid., 3.13.1).". We can leave the political history for different periods in it. --] (]) 00:23, 29 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| I suggest to shorten the lead to provide just the basic info: | |||
| '''Caucasian Albania''' ({{lang-gr|Ἀλβανία}}, ''Albanía'' <ref name="Olson">]. An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of the Russian and Soviet Empires. ISBN 0313274975</ref>; ]: Աղուանք, '']'',<ref name="Minorsky">V. Minorsky. ''Caucasica IV.'' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 15, No. 3. (1953), p. 504</ref><ref name="Olson" /> ]: ''Ardhan'', in ]: ''Arran'' <ref name="Bosworth">] . ].</ref>, in ]: ''Al Ran'' <ref name="Minorsky" /><ref name="Bosworth" />) was an ] country, located in the present-day ] and southern ]. | |||
| Otherwise it will be always a battleground for those who want to stress the independence of Albania, or its Armenian or Persian connections. I think it is better to avoid that, and keep the intro brief. All other details can be discussed in the main body of the article. --]] 06:10, 29 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| This is the original lead, I suggest we restore it. It was stable for years: | |||
| '''Caucasian Albania''' (in {{lang-hy|Աղվանք}} = ''Aghvank''<ref name="Minorsky">V. Minorsky. ''Caucasica IV.'' Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 15, No. 3. (1953), p. 504</ref><ref name="Olson" />, in ]: ''Ardhan'', in ]: ''Arran'' <ref name="Bosworth"></ref>, in ]: ''Al Ran'' <ref name="Minorsky" /><ref name="Bosworth" />, in ]: ''Ἀλβανία = Albanía''<ref name="Olson">]. An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of the Russian and Soviet Empires. ISBN 0313274975</ref>) was an ancient country that existed on the territory of present-day ] and southern ]. The name "Albania" is ] and ], and denotes "mountainous land";<ref name="Olson"/> the contemporaneous native name for the country is unknown.<ref name="Hewsen">Robert H. Hewsen. "Ethno-History and the Armenian Influence upon the Caucasian Albanians," in: Samuelian, Thomas J. (Hg.), ''Classical Armenian Culture. Influences and Creativity'', Chicago: 1982, 27-40.</ref> | |||
| ]] 06:14, 29 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| I restored the original lead for now. I think any changes to this important part of the article should be agreed on talk first. Also, I don't think any changes to it are necessary. There's a reason that it remained in the above form for years. It is neutral and contains only the statements no one can dispute.--]] 06:20, 29 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :I don't mind. ]] 11:45, 29 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::That is basically how I also added it here: . And I beleive given the various opinions it is best to keep the introduction short and brief and neutral. --] (]) 13:58, 30 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::Ok. I'm glad that everyone agrees with this. This has been resolved, thanks everyone for your efforts. --]] 06:19, 31 March 2009 (UTC) | |||
| Brand, though it was originally an exonym it certainly was not after the fifth century at least. In addition, 90% of everything that is known about Albania comes from work written in medieval Armenian where the region and the ancient state are referred to as Aghvank. Lets hope that this was just a matter of ignorance on your behalf and not something more sinister (why would one remove the most common name in ancient historiography in regards to this entity from the intro and leave obscure designations like Ardhan and Al-Ran baffles the mind).--<big>''' ] '''</font></big><sup><small>]</sup></small></font> 14:10, 18 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :Also, see this link where according to Robert Thomson the Aghvank wrote in Armenian for literary purposes and that Armenian was their vehicle for literary expression: --<big>''' ] '''</font></big><sup><small>]</sup></small></font> 15:04, 18 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :According to even your ], Caucasian Albanians referred to themselves as Aghvank: .--<big>''' ] '''</font></big><sup><small>]</sup></small></font> 15:04, 18 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::My long term proposal is leaving only Greek in parentheses as it is the only one who has a direct relation to etymology and the article's name. The rest could be moved to the appropriate subsection. ]] 21:05, 20 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::That makes little sense, the article is in English and the English name is identical to the Greek name because it's based on the Greco-Roman designation for the country.--<big>''' ] '''</font></big><sup><small>]</sup></small></font> 22:09, 20 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::::That's exactly what I suggest :) Specifically, how about this: '''Caucasian Albania''' (via ] Albānia, from ] Ἀλβανία "mountainous land",<ref name="Olson">]. An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of the Russian and Soviet Empires. ISBN 0313274975</ref> the native ] is unknown<ref name="Hewsen">Robert H. Hewsen. "Ethno-History and the Armenian Influence upon the Caucasian Albanians," in: Samuelian, Thomas J. (Hg.), ''Classical Armenian Culture. Influences and Creativity'', Chicago: 1982, 27-40.</ref>). ]] 12:01, 21 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::::That's cool and all and it explains the origin of the English name but you're still not offering a new reason for removal of Aghvank.--<big>''' ] '''</font></big><sup><small>]</sup></small></font> 21:30, 22 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::We have ], as well as ]. I think placing Armenian lower would de-politicize the issue. ]] 19:15, 23 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::Aghvank is the most relevant term because it was the name which those who claimed to be natives called it by. And every piece of material coming as Aghvank from the natives was written in Armenian. The Greek Albania does not refer to Albania AD, they're not geographically the same. Next time you revert and remove the Armenian term I will be reporting you for POV pushing and this with your entire history of reverts without taking into account prior discussions. - ] (]) 23:49, 25 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::The most relevant term is Albania whose ultimate origin in this sense is Greek (so far at least) and the spoken language in the realm was (Caucasian) Albanian, not Armenian, as we know. Since we have ], I don't think it is useful to clutter the English lead with Aghvank and other. ]] 10:04, 27 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
| In my opinion Latin and Greek spellings should go first, as the word Albania is of Greek and Latin origin, and all others after. --]] 09:52, 29 April 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :Why so much duplicated material? ''The name "Albania" is Greek and Latin, and denotes "mountainous land"'' - half that duplicates what is said in your Greek and Latin name origin bit. The "mountanous land" meaning could be incorporated into the first sentence. Nor is there any need for ''It was not ethnically or politically connected with the modern Albania in the Balkans.'' when ''This region should not be confused with modern-day Albania in south-eastern Europe.'' is at the top of the article - one or the other should go. Nor is their any need for "old Armenian", "Armenian" alone will do. ] 00:39, 2 May 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::Also, it remained a region long after it had faded away as a distinct country, so I've changed it to "an ancient country and region". ] 00:44, 2 May 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::Agree. As for the region, it was called ]. There's an article about it. It is Albania in Persian. ]] 05:31, 2 May 2009 (UTC) | |||
| The Azerbaijani-Turkish name is also Arran (19th century books writing on history in Azerbaijani Turkish have used it) and I think it is fine also to include that in the introduction, since historical Arran/Albania are to a large extent the present territory of the republic of Azerbaijan. There is also no reason to remove the Armenian name as it is one of the oldest and is actually important for scholars doing research. Persian/Parthian is also important. In general there seems to be no criterion for naming usage in the introduction (as far as I am aware) and it is best not to exclude any names. "Clutter" is not a good excuse and that is not the real reason why some have removed other languages. So unless there is defining wikipedia policy, there is no reason to exclude any language that has some relavance (etymology, historical name, modern territory and etc.). --] (]) 06:27, 9 May 2009 (UTC) | |||
| == Template == | |||
| The Caucasian Albanian regions template was removed without any discussion this also goes the same for the painting of Qabala castle, so I added them back as they are very important for the article. ] (]) 12:00, 2 July 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :How reliable is this painting? Is the author a recognised specialist? A direct witness (hem)? Unless satisfying answers are given to these questions, there's no place for this painting here. ] (]) 21:16, 3 July 2009 (UTC) | |||
| Meowy, before removing the maps from 3rd party sources, please, explain your edits and achieve consensus. ] (]) 01:19, 15 July 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :What "3rd party international source"? All I see is a clearly fictional map, and a badly drawn one at that. The map was introduced without any discussion, though doubtlessly you didn't even notice that thanks to your usual blind POV warring. So please, explain your edits. ] 01:26, 15 July 2009 (UTC) | |||
| Meowy, did you read the description of the image . Thanks. ] (]) 01:39, 15 July 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :All I see is "work by uploader" and a fictional description. ] 02:13, 15 July 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :The areas that overlap between Armenia and Caucasian Albania (particularly Artsakh) need to be qualified with dates before that map is permissible. Otherwise it's simply confusing. Removing the map for now as it is of little value without dates... ] (]) 03:06, 15 July 2009 (UTC) | |||
| The map clearly says year 565, and the description is given. There is no basis for removing a well-referenced material. ] (]) 01:32, 24 July 2009 (UTC) | |||
| I don't believe that all the info about modern Azerbaijan is relevant in this article, hence I removed the template. ] (]) 04:50, 8 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :I restored it back. C.Albania is part of the history of Azerbaijan. It covered most of the territory of modern Azerbaijan republic. ]] 05:07, 8 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::C.Albania being part of Azerbaijan history doesn't make Azerbaijan part of C.Albania history. It distracts people from the main article. I don't see why anybody interested in C.Albania be interested in Black January or March days. ] (]) 05:18, 8 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::Because it is part of the history of the country. See the article ], it has a section on Albania. Albania was located on the territory of Azerbaijan, therefore it is a part of the history of the country. ]] 07:35, 8 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::::But not vice-versa! That is, the history of Caucasian Albanian does not equal the history of Azerbaijan. ] (]) 09:30, 8 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Of course. It constitutes only a small part of the history of Azerbaijan. ]] 10:57, 9 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :If Azerbaijan was a cultural heir of Caucasian Albania then we could include Azerbaijan. But Caucasian Albanians were a mix of Caucasian, Iranian and Armenian political and cultural traditions. The last time I checked Azerbaijanis were Turks, yes? I suggest to include ] as reference, not Azerbaijan. Dagestanis are closer to Udins. ] (]) 01:37, 9 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::Interestingly, most Azeris in Azerbijan are probably the descendants of the Caucasian Albanians. A few Turkish tribes came along and declared them all to be Turkish... I don't see why modern-day Azeris should accept this view. They are really Christians and Caucasians! Not central Asians! ] (]) 02:24, 9 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| It does not matter if Azeris are related to Albanians or not. The template is for the history of the country of Azerbaijan, not the Azerbaijani people. And the history of the country, i.e. the territory that it covers, starts from the times the humans started inhabiting this region, no matter what ethnicity they were or if they had any at all. Please note the difference between the history of the country of Azerbaijan and history of Azerbaijani people. It is not the same thing. Any scholarly publication about the history of Azerbaijan includes every state that existed on its territory. So please refrain from edit warring and stop removing the template from the article. Albania is an important part of the history of Azerbaijan. ]] 07:07, 9 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :"Albania is an important part of the history of Azerbaijan." Understand that the opposite does not hold true. ] (]) 14:26, 9 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| : In no way is Cau. Albania an important part of the history of Azerbaijan. Cau. Albania is part of the history of Lezgistan and Avaristan (southern Dagestan). ] (]) 21:19, 9 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::That's your personal opinion. Open any source on the history of the country of Azerbaijan, and you'll see that it has a chapter on Albania, or mentions it. I'm looking at ]. For some reason it mentions Urartu, which had nothing to do with Armenian people. Why? ]] 10:27, 10 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::This may or may not be true. But the fact is that "History of Armenia" template is not on Urartu's page. ] (]) 20:19, 10 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::It is: ]] 10:38, 17 September 2009 (UTC) | |||
| == Albania and Arran == | |||
| I think we should not mix the kingdom of Albania and the region of ] in Islamic times. Since after the 10th century it was a different thing, with different population, and we have a separate article on Arran, Arran of later times should be described separately, like it is done in Iranica. --]] 05:40, 6 October 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :For once, I fully agree with Grandmaster. ] (]) 05:52, 6 October 2009 (UTC) | |||
| Also, with regard to the name, this is what Hewsen says: | |||
| ''Caucasian Albania (Russian Kavkazkaja Albanija) is the term now conventionally used for classical Albania by both Soviet and Western scholars to distinguish it from the modern Albania in the Balkans with which it has no connection. The French Aghovanie based on Armenian Aluank' (Aghouank') is a monstrosity which has fortunately failed to gain currency. The native name for the country is unknown to us.'' | |||
| ]] 06:00, 6 October 2009 (UTC) | |||
| I agree that this article should draw a line in the 7th century, and the Islamic era history of the region should be discussed elsewhere. I have arranged the Islamic era material under ] and placed a {{tl|splitsection}}. I am not sure where this could be best exported to, perhaps ], which could become a standalone article. --] <small>]</small> 11:12, 12 October 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :I think it should have its own article ], same as Iranica has articles both on Albania and Arran. The difference is that Albania was a kingdom, and Arran (which is Persian/Arab for Albania) was just a geographic region, without any statehood. The term falls out of use about 13th century A.D. --]] 11:33, 12 October 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::um, you just linked to the same page twice over, the iranica.com article on "Albania (Iranian Aran, Arm. Ałuankʿ)". If there was any doubt whether the two names were synonyms, this would appear to settle it. --] <small>]</small> 18:33, 12 October 2009 (UTC) | |||
| Yes this merger had been discussed before and Arran is a term for the Islamic era and actually in the same Islamic era, many times it did not include ]. ]'s ruled the area of ] for most of the Islamic era (mostly as vassal's of larger empires) and are one of the longest continous dynasties that survived many empires. ] has its own article. Iranica does not yet have an article on Shirvan because it has not reached S yet or it has not been written. But Arran and Albania are differentiated and one cannot merge the ] to an article on Caucasian Albania. --] (]) 14:18, 12 October 2009 (UTC) | |||
| As I understand it, Albania is the Latin name and Arran is the Persian one. Both are exonyms. I am not sure it is a good idea to use the Latin vs. Persian name as a marker of historical periods, since obviously the same region was called Albania in Latin and Arran in Middle Persian simultaneously. We need some title that more explicitly delimits the time period after the Islamic conquest (such as ] for the Sassanid period). --] <small>]</small> 18:29, 12 October 2009 (UTC) | |||
| ::You missed the Iranica article on Arra . See what it states there: "In pre-Islamic times, '''Arrān formed the heart of the province''' of Caucasian Albania (to be distinguished of course from the Balkan Albania), which in fact embraced all eastern Transcaucasia, i.e. Arrān here was a wider concept than that of post-Islamic Arrān, and corresponded grosso modo with the modern Azerbaijan SSR. " | |||
| ::And this part: ''ARRĀN, a region of eastern Transcaucasia. It lay essentially within the great triangle of land, lowland in the east but rising to mountains in the west, formed by the junction of the Rivers Kur or Kura and Araxes or Aras. '''It was thus bounded on the north by Šervān;''' on the north west by Šakkī (Armenian Šakʿe) and Kaxeti in eastern Georgia; on the south by Armenia and Azerbaijan; and on the southeast by the Caspian coastal province of Mūqān or Mūgān. Arrān’s situation between these two great rivers explains the name Bayn al-nahrayn given to it by Islamic geographers.'' | |||
| ::That is Arran in pre-Islamic time was Caucasian Albania but post-Islamic era, it was not and was usually between the two rivers. For example in the Ilkhanid era,] mentions: "... The Shirvan country extends from the bank of the Kura River to Darband of the Gate of Gates. The revenues thereof during the days of the Khans of Shirvan amounted to one million dinars of the money of our time; but at present, all that is inscribed on the registers is 113,000 dinars. Further in the matter of the military fiefs there are many of these in the divers districts. ... The Arran province is the land Between the Rivers'’ namely from the bank of the Aras to the river Kur.". | |||
| :: A dynasty by the name Shirvanshah ruled ] for most of its post-Islamic history, but this has nothing to do with a people called Caucasian Albanians or a the Parthian royal Caucasian Albania dynasty and the Sassanid province/satrapy of Albania. Overall, there is a rational for Iranica differentiating between Caucasian Albania and Arran (and Shirvan when the article comes out oneday). Arran really reflects the Islamicate era much better at a time when the name Caucasian Albania was not used anymore. That is extending the name Caucasian Albania to post-Islamic era for Arran and Shirvan (even if they are similar names for the same area) seems a bit out of place. For example most of what we know about Caucasian Albania is from Armenian and Latin/Greek sources and sometimes encompasses both Shirvan and Arran (post-Islamic era). Virtually all we know about post-Islamic Arran is from Persian and Arabic sources and usually this was different than ]. Culturally too, one name reflects a period when Caucasian Albania was Christian, Zoroastrian and Pagan where-as Arran reflects the area when it had Islamicate culture. Also Caucasian Albanians themselves were a group related to modern Lezgins but Arran in the medieval ages had an Iranian (and a large part Kurdish) and then later Turkic speaking population. So overall the differentiator should be the conquest of Islam but one to three centuries of overlap between the articles is fine..It is true Arran in the pre-Islamic era is the same as Caucasian Albania, but Arran in the post-Islamic era is primarily (not always) the land between the two rivers mentioned. So Arran really did not always include ] in the post-Islamic era although it did sometimes. Eventually the name Arran becomes Qarabagh and later on Azerbaijan. The overall boundaries between what constituted Armenia, Arran, Shervan and Azerbaijan were very fluid and you will see overlap between these in various sources (depending on the dynasty too). But Caucasian Albania strictly speaking should be used for the Christian and Zoroastrian, Sassanid, Parthian.. history of the area (in my opinion) and I think there is a good reason why Iranica has two articles on these. The article you mentioned from Iranica is "Aran", but there is one called "Arran" with a full length article. If you merge Arran to Caucasian Albania, then you would have to merge Shirvan and overall this is not really how historians write about the area in the post-Islamic era. Since to extend the definition of Caucasian Albania to post-Islamic ] and ] is very akward. --] (]) 23:02, 12 October 2009 (UTC) | |||
| :::Basically, dab is right, Albania and Arran is the same thing. Albania is the name of the country in Latin, Arran in Persian. But Nepaheshgar is right too, in Islamic times the state of Albania ceased to exist, and the name of Arran became applied to a region between the rivers of Kura and Araks. So Arran/Albania, the ancient kingdom, became a geographic concept, covering only a part of the historical state. I think that is the reason why there are 2 articles in Iranica. We can cover both the state and the region in one article, or have 2 separate articles, like Iranica does. I think both ways are possible, but if we go for 1 article, then the history of Albania needs to be extended until the 13th century A.D., when the name fell out of use. Alternatively, we can split it in 2, since in Islamic times there was a major religious, and later linguistic change, so the population of the region of Arran was not identical to the population of the kingdom. In any case, the article needs to explicitly state that the state of Albania/Arran was a wider concept than the Islamic region of Arran. I agree that Arran is not a good name, as it does not disambiguate between the country and the region. When the name change for the article about Arran was discussed, I suggested to use the name of Arran (geographic region), as opposed to Arran the country. But it received no support, since the Isle of Arran also sometimes referred to as a region. So we can split the info about the region, but we need to select an appropriate title. Btw, the article ] is more of an OR kind of article, because it is not clear whether Albania was indeed a satrapy. The country was ruled by its own kings, who were vassals of the Persian shahs, and at certain points in history the kings were replaced by Persian governors. But ] simply duplicates info from this one, and does not clarify when exactly the satrapy existed. So we need to do something about that one too. ]] 05:33, 13 October 2009 (UTC) | |||
| == Albania (Azerbaijan) == | |||
| Albania (Azerbaijan) <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 17:43, 14 January 2010 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> | |||
| == Albania - Arran == | |||
| It's great! While I was in search for some information in Misplaced Pages, I came to the page of this article, and found out that from the page of Arran one shall be redirected here. When I offered to do it in Russian Misplaced Pages (without knowing that this redirection exists), the same people, who here try to be more polite, neglected my offer. They (in Russian part of Misplaced Pages) go on in creation with their profound knowledge of history of the region and written sources, but here it does not work. Why some of you do not look through the pages in Russian. Even if you do not know letters, you may see the photographs. It is worth to see! You may even ask questions in English. Most of the users know English, and will be happy to help you. More exciting discoveries you will do in Azerbaijani language part of Misplaced Pages! I got a great pleasure of great pics as well! --] (]) 02:05, 12 February 2010 (UTC) | |||
| == History template == | |||
| Marshall, on this talk page I see no "convincing arguments" to exclude the Azerbaijan history template, rather murky edit summaries. ''Azerbaijan Soviet Encyclopedia'' is not the only source here that talks about CA in the context of Azerbaijan's history. ]]</i>] 18:01, 29 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :I see no convincing arguments either. Albania covered most of the territory of modern Azerbaijan republic, so the template belongs here. ]] 18:59, 29 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::It is a part of Azerbaijan's history. Not really sure, why the template is removed. It doesn't cause any harm and is not a contested territory or anything. ] (]) 19:58, 29 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :::Saying that Caucasian Albania is part of the history of Azerbaijan is wrong because it would be like saying that Caucasian Albanians are Azeri, although it is certainly not the case. Caucasian Albania is as distinct to Azerbaijan as Georgia and Armenia are. --] (]) 20:20, 29 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::::It was a historic realm, that encompassed generally Azerbaijan's territory, so talking about distinctness here is irrelevant. There are numerous similar examples of some other countries. Besides, nobody says C. Albanians were Azeris, but they were their historical predecessors. ]]</i>] 20:55, 29 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :::::The historic predecessors of Azeris are neither the ancient Albanians, nor the Atropatenians. Azerbaijanis are a Turkic people born from the 10th-11th century Turkic migration in the region, and gained independent statehood only in the early 20th century. --] (]) 21:20, 29 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| So what? Does that make the history of the iron age kingdom of Urartu that of the Republic of Turkey's just because the latter is found on the territory of the former? It was a realm that was poorly defined and one which had become Armenian in all but name by the eighth to ninth centuries, if not even earlier according to ]. If anything, a history of Armenia template belongs here since the Albanians had very intimate cultural and undoubtedly ethnic ties to the Armenians, having an alphabet that was probably invented by Mesrop Mashtots and a religious see that was directly subordinate to the Armenian Apostolic Church. The Albanians had disappeared long before the first Turkic invasions of the late eleventh century and certainly far before the modern borders of Azerbaijan were delineated. It probably makes little difference anyways for Azerbaijan anyways, since, as I highlighted on the Gardman talk page, it seems to claim things outside of its own borders as a part of its own history, from the Armenian temple of ] to the ancient .--] (]) 21:39, 29 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :And what does ] have to do with Armenia and Armenians? Nothing at all, yet we have the Armenian topics template there. Like it or not, but C. Albania was located on the territory of Azerbaijan, and is a part of the history of this country, as any other historic state that existed there. ]] 07:21, 30 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::Read "Armenian ethnogenesis" in the ] page. It explains well the relation between Urartu and Armenians.--] (]) 15:54, 30 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :::Is ancient ] irrelevant to France? Or ]? :) There was no gap in the history of Azerbaijan between, say, 1st century AD and 3rd. Caucasian Albania almost entirely embraces the ancient period of Azerbaijan's history, this is promptly verifiable, and I can't still comprehend the stance why CA is irrelevant. I propose ceasing of this lame edit war, at least one of them would depart. ]]</i>] 16:26, 30 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| lol, I mean, really, Grandmaster? All scholars acknowledge the Armenians as the direct cultural inheritors of Urartu, even if some believe that the Urartians themselves were not Armenians in the first place. We have such illustrious Armenian ''nakharar'' families such as the Artsrunis, the Rshtunis and the Amatunis and it is very interesting to note these "uni" endings were Urartian in origin. And let's not even talk about the ethnogenesis of the two peoples... | |||
| Ancient Gaul has more going for modern France, though certainly not in a straight line, than an ancient kingdom that was extinguished in the 6th-8th centuries and modern Azerbaijan. Shireen Hunter has done a great deal of research in this area, especially the role of Soviet politics in Azerbaijani historiography. Until the first quarter of the 20th century, no one ever referred to the territory north of the River Araks as "Azerbaijan" because the concept itself did not exist until the 20th century. Just because the modern state was able to carve itself out a niche in a certain region doesn't mean that everything that once existed there is now automatically related to it, moreso since Azerbaijani nation-building was relatively embryonic at the 20th century and was trying to define itself at the time. Also your impatience and your own penchant for immediately reverting an article, even when a discussion is taking place, is problematic and it's surprising how you can quickly pounce to file a report against a new editor like Ліонкінг but still have no qualms regarding your own disruptive actions. Please do not allow it to continue.--] (]) 17:18, 30 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :It is not some, who believe that Urartians were not Armenians, it is generally agreed between scholars that Urartians were not Armenians. The language of Urartians was related to Caucasian languages. It is the claim of nationalistic Armenian authors that Urartu was the same as Armenia, and this was harshly criticized by experts in Armenian studies. How come that the template of Armenia is there? Shireen Hunter has no idea what she is talking about, I can point many factual mistakes in her work. The territory north of Araks was referred to as Azerbaijan before the 20th century, but it has nothing to do with this topic. And it is strange that you are accusing me of reverting the article, while you yourself have already made 3 rvs here, without any consensus at talk that the template must be removed. ]] 20:27, 30 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :And indeed, I see that the template of history of France is included in the article about ], while ] were not French. So what is the problem here? I wanna see some logical explanation. ]] 20:30, 30 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::Way to go in overblowing your case. Putting aside the fringe elements, you are never going to encounter a scholar, whether it is Diakonov or B. Piotrovsky, who would even contemplate completely separating Armenia and the Armenians from Urartu. There is a tangible link between the two and, I don't know about you, but we should be very thankful for their trailblazing studies on the subject. | |||
| ::It was never referred to as such and you know it. From a geographical standpoint, Azerbaijan was the lands south of the Araks, and if some overzealous politicians at Downing Street or Peterhof referred to it as such in the nineteenth century, it was obviously due to their own crude and ahistorical machinations at the height of the period of the Great Game. My second paragraph was directed towards Brandmeister and I don't think many will disagree when I say that his edits are highly disruptive, especially when an active discussion is going on, and he decides to impose his will unilaterally. | |||
| ::Yes Gaul is included and so is the Carolingian Empire but like I said above, they make a far more stronger case in historical connections than do CA and Azerbaijan even though they can hardly be called "French." What exactly is Azerbaijan's connection to the Albanians? Their religion? their language? the alphabet? their cultural monuments, or lack thereof? If it's simply the fact that it partially occupies the same territory, that translates into nothing. Using your logic, would you include the History of Turkey template onto the articles of Urartu or the Hittie empire? And please refrain from diverting the discussion by dragging in what Armenians are doing. If anything, the Albanians were more closer to the Armenians and the Georgians.--] (]) 21:00, 30 April 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::: Marshall, Azerbaijan is the Caucasian Albania, unlike armenia who have not even have caucasian chromosome genes. --] (]) 11:05, 1 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::::NS, you are absolutely free to believe whatever you want in your fantasy land.--] (]) 17:20, 1 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::::And what does Gaul have to do with France? What do France and Gaul have in common? Language? Religion? And why then History of France template is there? Because it was located on the territory of France. And yes, history of Turkey template needs to be included in the article about Urartu, it is a part of the history of the territory of Turkey. The templates are included by territorial principle, because the history of every country includes all the states that ever existed on its territory. Inclusion of Armenian topics template into the article about Urartu cannot be justified by any other reason, Urartians were not Armenians, they spoke a completely different language. I also see Iraqian topics template in the articles about ], ] and ]. Clearly, those nations did not speak Arabic. How about Peru template in the article about ]? I can cite many more examples. So it is obvious that there's no reason for removal of Azerbaijani history template from this article. ]] 12:46, 1 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Now you're just grasping for straws, Grandmaster. Anyone who has studied those regions knows that while there is no straight line linking the modern community to that of the ancient one, there are shades of continuity and, above all, evolution. In France, e.g., by the twelfth century, the early French vernacular was being used in literature in a land which was thoroughly Catholic Christian. No, there was no concept of the modern nation-state, but it would be absurd to claim that there was no connection between the two, and even more ridiculous to claim that the medieval world had inherited nothing from Gallic-Roman one. Your logic is a game of mental gymnastics: Turkey was a successor to the Ottoman Empire, which was a cultural and ethnic inheritor of the dilapidated Byzantine Empire and the Turkic groups that migrated there in the eleventh century onwards, but an Iron Age kingdom all because of the fact that they're on the same territory? That's stretching it. You may highlighting problems which may be symptomatic on Misplaced Pages and for that we're all going to have to read this ] and treat this article with some common sense. | |||
| :::::Urartians may not have been Armenians and they did not speak an Indo-European language, but they certainly were in material and ethnic contact with one another far before the Urartian empire fell (scholars who believe that the Armenians settled in the Armenian Plateau date that to roughly 1200 B.C.). Urartian words are now found in the Armenian language (such as the Armenian word for eagle, ''artziv''), Urartian-type art was found in the realms of the first real Armenian dynasty, the ], and so forth. There is some shared characteristics.--] (]) 17:20, 1 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::Albanians also played an important role in ] of Azerbaijani people, but that is not important for this issue. Ethnicity has nothing to do with this. Templates are included according to the different criteria. What is important here is that Albania was located on the territory of modern-day Azerbaijan, therefore it is a part of the history of this country. The rest is immaterial for inclusion of the template. I already demonstrated that the same principle is used everywhere else. If you still insist on removal of the template, let's ask for the third opinion. We've done that before. But I really see no reason to waste other people's time, it is obvious that the template belongs here, and edit warring will not help to remove it. ]] 20:46, 1 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| The Albanians had been subsumed by the Armenians, Georgians and Arabs by the seventh to eighth centuries, long before the Turkic invasions took place in the 11th and 12th centuries and long before there was the formulation of an Azerbaijani identity in the 20th century. If territory is the only thing you have to go on, then perhaps listening to a third opinion on what the general policy is regarding these templates is not such a bad idea. --] (]) 21:19, 1 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :::Both Albanian capitals were located in Azerbaijan: Qabala and Barda, the latter being the seat of Albanian Church since 551/52. Besides, initially CA was pagan, like nearly all historical predecessors of modern states. Secondly, the inscriptions with Albanian characters were also found in Azerbaijan (Mingachevir). Even some Armenian authors establish CA's immediate relevance to Azerbaijan: | |||
| :::{{Quotation|Roughly speaking, historic Armenia... was bounded by Caucasian Albania (present Azerbaijan) on the north-east... Vahan M. Kurkjian, ''A History of Armenia'', Indo-European Publishing, 2008 p. 5}} | |||
| :::{{Quotation|This territory, prior to being called Azerbaijan, was called Albania (Arran)... Rouben Galichian, ''Historic maps of Armenia: the cartographic heritage'', I.B.Tauris, 2004, p. 10}} | |||
| :::I've seen no reliable source, which challenges Albania's relevance to Azerbaijan. ]]</i>] 12:33, 1 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| Apparently then you're choosing to believe in your own reality. There was no place called Azerbaijan in the period that Caucasian Albania existed - repeating the same argument over and over again is not bringing you guys any closer to proving your point. There's a 1,500 year gulf, to say nothing about the political, ethnic, and cultural gulf, that separates Albania from Azerbaijan, geography notwithstanding. Robert Hewsen puts it nicely; | |||
| {{quotation|That the so-called "Christian" or "New" Albania culture, which flourished after the transfer from Kabala, north of the Kur, to Partav, south of the river, in the fifth century A. D., '''''was essentially Armenian is also beyond question'''''. Hewsen, "Ethno-History and the Armenian Influence Upon the Caucasian Albanians" in ''Classical Armenian Culture'', ed. T. Samuelian, Pennsylvania, 1982, p. 34.}} | |||
| Of course, modern authors are going to have to mention where a land 2,000 years ago was located so that contemporary readers can relate it to it more easily. That's why we may read something about the Ionian communities in Asia Minor and add in parentheses "(now in modern-day Turkey)". You guys are having a hard time making your case.--] (]) 17:20, 1 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::Wow, looks like Hewsen discovered something new :) Why "the so-called"? What Hewsen suggests? That non-Christian Albania has been pagan throughout the entire period of its existence? Why "new"? Which author refers to the realm as "New Albania"? "Transfer from Kabala"? Qabala was the original capital of CA until the 5th century transfer to Barda. I can't trust Hesen anymore, seeing such "arguments". And yes, there was no place called Azerbaijan in the Caucasian Albania period. Likewise, there was no place called France during the aforementioned Gaul period and indeed, there are many other examples. ]]</i>] 18:34, 1 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :::It is "so called" because the term "New Albania" was invented by the Armenian nationalistic scholar Mnatsakanyan, whom Hewsen criticizes. And if there was at times an Armenian, Persian or Arabic cultural and political influence in certain parts or the whole of the territory of Albania, it is irrelevant to the template issue. Every country was at certain points in history under someone else's influence. What matters here is if Albania was located on the territory of Azerbaijan. According to all the sources, it was. Another source: | |||
| {{quotation|The territory of the present-day Soviet republic of Azarbayjan roughly corresponds to the ancient Caucasian Albania (in Armenian Ajovan-k', or Alvan-k', in Arabic Arran > al-Ran). | |||
| <br /> <br /> | |||
| V. Minorsky. Caucasica IV. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Vol. 15, No. 3. (1953), pp. 504-529.}} | |||
| :::So there's nothing to argue about. According to the general practice of Misplaced Pages, Azerbaijani history template needs to be included in this article. ]] 21:04, 1 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| Clearly, the nefarious attempts by the Azerbaijani government to claim everything for itself is what causes so much consternation among people. It says that the medieval Armenian monuments are Caucasian Albanian and are therefore part of Azerbaijan. This is a convoluted way of thinking that dominates Azerbaijan and one which thankfully no one else in the world adheres to. It's sheer propaganda and academic dishonesty; what else is one to make of it when every Armenian artifact is denied its identity and distorted to unbelievable levels of falsification. --] (]) 21:19, 1 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :I think that the ] is enough proof that Urartu and Armenia are exactly the same. The conquests of the Persian king are enumerated in three languages, and in one language the name "Urartu" is used while in two languages the name "Armenia" is used instead. This interchangeability by itself is good to show that Urartu is part of Armenian history. Just by curiosity, is there any similar situation between Caucasian Albania and Azerbaijan? I seriously doubt it.--] (]) 02:38, 2 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::Urartu was neither Christian, nor Armenian-speaking. Nonetheless, as far as I can see, there is no edit war over the presence of Armenian topics template there. ]]</i>] 07:42, 2 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :::Urartu is irrelevant to this discussion and I don't see a History of Armenia template there either. The point here is that even the territory of Caucasian Albania ''roughly corresponds'' (as Minorsky mentions) to modern Azerbaijan and Azerbaijan considers it a part of its history, in fact throughout its history Caucasian Albania had a vital linkage with the history of Armenia. It is needless to name them all as they have been discussed many times before. I will not cite the numerous sources about the Armenian political and cultural influence on Caucasian Albania, just only a few from Minorsky whom Grandmaster quoted above: | |||
| ::* ''The special 'Albanian' patriarchate of the Armenian church formed the link between the two banks'' <small>(p.506, the same work Grandmaster quoted)</small> | |||
| ::* ''The work of the indigenous historian of 'Albania', Moses Kalankatvats'i, who wrote in Armenian (10th century), contains many important data'' <small>(p 504, ibid)</small> | |||
| ::* ''...we have seen that the conversion of the Albanians to Christianity and the endowing of the Albanians with an alphabet were the work of the Armenians. Armenian settlers and cultural elements contributed to the further absorption of the Albanian nation. The Albanian and Armenian nobility freely intermarried, with the result that there appeared a mixed class of Albano-Armenian aristocracy. The later Armenian kingdoms of Ani and Vaspurakan had little influence in Eastern Transcaucasia but the petty Armenian rulers of Siunik' and Artsakh (south of Barda’a) played a considerable role in the affairs of Albania.'' <small>(A History of Sharvan and Darband in the 10th-11th Centuries. Cambridge, Heffer and Sons, 1958)</small> | |||
| :::So taking into account the above quoted, my questions is: yes, I agree, CA is important for the history of Azerbaijan and it is also a very important part of the Armenian history with a direct linkage to it's culture, but who decided that it is more important for Azerbaijan? When did we discuss and agreed that the history of Azerbaijan template is more relevant here than the template history of Armenia? If some users think that only a ''roughly'' territorial correspondence is enough to prefer the first one, I will say that we never had such a consensus and there are obviously as many users who totally disagree with that argument. If the history of Azerbaijan template is placed here, the history of Armenia template mus be placed two - that is my proposition to come to a consensus. --] (]) 09:46, 2 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::::I think you missed what I have wrote above about the capitals, archaeological findings etc. Naturally we don't expect Caucasian Albania to have the same borders as modern Azerbaijan, there are virtually no ancient realms with borders, that perfectly correspond to their successor states. In 488 the Council of Aluen declared the independence of Albanian Church, which until 506 (i.e. until the Council of Dvin) was not monophysite. The only source about alleged Armenian influence on Albanian alphabet is Moses Kalankatvats'i himself, Minorsky and Alexidze believe otherwise, talking about the Udi language. I don't see "many users who totally disagree" here, the only one is Armenian part. ]]</i>] 10:46, 2 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Don't forget that Albanians and Georgians also joined the Armenians in the ] to defend Christianity in the Caucasus from Sassanid Persia.--] (]) 12:03, 2 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::Maybe, but the search option does not show "Albania" or "Albanian" within. In any case we know that CA was different than Armenian Kingdom. ]]</i>] 12:59, 2 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| I posted a request here: ]] 19:16, 2 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| The map is clearly wrong. It contains regions that were not part of caucasian Albania. It never extends to Sevan lake, same with caucasian Iberia. | |||
| ===Protected=== | |||
| :Nope, this map is based on the work of Hewsen (''Armenia: A Historical Atlas''). --] (]) 20:32, 9 April 2021 (UTC) | |||
| The slow-burning edit war is not in compliance with normal editing standards. I have protected the page for two weeks to encourage discussion as opposed to a revert every few days (and this is heading for ] levels). Please post at ] if you have come to a consensus before this. ] (]) 20:39, 7 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::It is not. Hewsen's map clearly indicates a difference between actual "Caucasian Albania/Aran" and territory that Persia later annexed from its vassal state Armenia and added to its vassal state Caucasian Albania. As well as using different shading to distinguish the two territories (shading which the map here doesn't have), and different titling (only the original territory is labelled Aran / Albania), Hewsen's map also states: "Classical sources are unanimous in marking the river Cyrus (Kur) the frontier between Albanian and Armenia. Only in the late 4th C AD did the Armenian principalities of Artsakh Utik, Gardman, Sakashen, and Kolt pass under permanent Albanian rule". ] (]) 02:43, 21 April 2021 (UTC) | |||
| :::Sigh, what era do you think this map is supposed to represent? 3rd-century BC? It is obviously after the 4th-century AD, even the caption says so. The map is a representation of the Albanian kingdom and what it ruled back then, end off. This ] is getting too much now. --] (]) 13:28, 21 April 2021 (UTC) | |||
| ::::{{u|HistoryofIran}} this map is wrong. ] (Sawdk) has never been part of Albania, and on the original map its borders are even highlighted separately. According to Hewsen (or rather Eremyan) Sotk could have been part of the province of Artsakh (or rather, the ruling house of Sotk also ruled Artsakh), but after Artsakh was lost to Albania in 387, Sotk became part of the province of Syunik (pp. 101-102). Hewsen emphasized that there is no evidence for Eremyan's suggestion that Sotk was part of Artsakh (p. 119). On page 85 (map No. 65) you can see the borders of Armenia after the division of 387 until the year 591, where it is clearly seen that all the lands around Lake Sevan remained part of Armenia <blockquote>(Hewsen, p. 101-102) The exact status of Arc'ax within the Arsacid kingdom is unknown. We hear of no princes of Arc'ax, and Eremyan thought that it must have belonged to the princes of Sawdk' (Cawdk'), a district at the southeast corner of Lake Sevan. In any case, Arc'ax was lost to Albania in 387, while Sawdk' remained as one of the districts of Siwnik'.</blockquote> In addition, your map contradicts most (all?) other authoritative sources on the borders of Caucasian Albania. --] (]) 19:16, 27 March 2023 (UTC) | |||
| :::::{{ping|Rs4815}} You're right, the map Hewsen shows is different from this one. Also, it's not my map; it's {{ping|Golden}} --] (]) 00:07, 28 March 2023 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::{{re|Rs4815|HistoryofIran}} I no longer have access to Hewsen's book. I would appreciate it if one of you could email me Hewsen's map so I can make corrections based on that. — ] <sup>]</sup> 10:25, 28 March 2023 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::{{ping|Golden}} The link will expire in 7 days . --] (]) 11:36, 28 March 2023 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::. --] (]) 11:59, 28 March 2023 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::Thank you both. I'll take a look at it over the weekend. — ] <sup>]</sup> 13:47, 29 March 2023 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::::{{ping|HistoryofIran}} The map that Rs4815 sent differs from the Hewsen map on page 41. In addition to the removal of Cawdk, the differences also include changes to the Armenia-Albania border north of Lake Sevan in Tashir and the addition of Lpink to Albania. I'm not too familiar with these changes and would like to know if you think they are accurate enough to make. — ] <sup>]</sup> 15:49, 1 April 2023 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::::It's the same map, mine is just of horrible quality, making it hard to see what's what. We should stick to the one posted by Rs4815. --] (]) 17:11, 1 April 2023 (UTC) | |||
| {{od}} | |||
| {{re|Rs4815|HistoryofIran}} I created a new vectorized version of the map based on the one provided by Rs4815. I also made corrections to some city, region names and added the ancient coastline as provided by Hewsen on page 41. Take a look: ] — ] <sup>]</sup> 19:14, 3 April 2023 (UTC) | |||
| :{{re|Golden}} I'm not sure about the need to show the ancient coastline. As for Lpink. Until 387, this region was either a vassal of Albania, or part of it, but Albania lost control over it after 387, when this territory was taken from them by the Persians (along with the Armenian Paytakaran). If this map shows the situation after 387, then Lpink should not be part of Albania, but if the map shows the entire period of the existence of the Albanian kingdom, then both Lpink and the lands south of the Kura should be highlighted in different colors or shaded with the corresponding legend, which is — up to 387 Albania controlled Lpink but did not control the lands south of the Kura, and after 387 the lands south of the Kura were transferred to it, but Albanians lost the Lpink. <blockquote>'''Hewsen, page 60''': It should be noted that the territory that these people inhabited could not have formed a separate kingdom as early as the Arsacid period, for there is no such indication in classical sources, which include all of southeastern Caucasia (north of the River Kur) within Albania. Rather, the emergence of the Lupenian kingdom must have been a consequence of the loss of Albanian control of its easternmost districts after the partition of Armenia in 387, when the Persians gave the Albanians large territories in Eastern Armenia south of the Kur while at the same time depriving them of certain other lands formerly under their control north of the Kur.</blockquote> --] (]) 19:11, 4 April 2023 (UTC) | |||
| ::Hewsen shows the ancient coastline on page 41. I think it’s relevant enough to include because it provides context for how close Albania was to the sea at that time. Regarding Lpink and lands south of Kura, feel free to edit the map yourself since it is now vectorized. If not, you may have to wait a week or two for me to edit it since I'm currently busy irl. — ] <sup>]</sup> 19:26, 4 April 2023 (UTC) | |||
| :::{{ping|Golden}} I waited over a month) Can you at least update . It is more widely used than the you created. --] (]) 13:55, 11 May 2023 (UTC) | |||
| ::::I created the .svg map so that I wouldn't have to make every little change myself. If you're able to make the change, please go ahead. If not, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it either as it's difficult for me to find the time. As for the .png map, I've updated it using the .svg map. — ] <sup>]</sup> 14:07, 11 May 2023 (UTC) | |||
| == Armemia? == | |||
| == History template in Caucasian Albania == | |||
| What is "Greater" Armenia? If Armenia has no history (as a state), then there is no point in inventing it. Yes, the Armenian people are ancient, and they gave birth on the territory of Caucasian Albania. But no "great" Armenias have ever existed. Thanks for understanding. ] (]) 17:58, 19 January 2023 (UTC) | |||
| Should the history section of Caucasian Albania contain the ]? ]]</i>] 14:17, 9 May 2010 (UTC) | |||
| : |
:It happens to be an alternative name of ] mentioned in that article. Swapping it to Kingdom of Armenia per article's title and as a more neutral term looks reasonable. ]<sup>]</sup> 19:05, 19 January 2023 (UTC) | ||
| ::IP is currently on a nonsense spree, writing ] ish comments about his dislike of the concept of Armenia as a state/country (currently on phone, so cba adding the diffs, look at their edits). If the IP read a book, they would realize that Armenia does in fact have a rich history as a state. Moreover, ] routinely simply uses “Armenia” when referring to the area. Misplaced Pages is not a place for ]ing either. ] (]) 21:27, 19 January 2023 (UTC) | |||
| ::HELLOOO... Brandmeister? Comment here before editing. ] (]) 21:53, 9 June 2010 (UTC) | |||
| ::: I agree, since (the "belonging" of) the history of the country is disputed, it is much better to refrain from placing a history template of both contemporary Armenia or Azerbaijan. It's the best way to keep the article looking neutral and will save us a lot of disputes again. --]]] 11:17, 9 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::It's all in the article. Removal of the template is just an attempt to remove Caucasian Albania from Azerbaijani history. ] (]) 15:51, 10 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :remove Caucasian Albania from Azerbaijani history? In what possible way was Caucasian Albania part of "Azerbaijani history"? :Caucasian Albania part of "Azerbaijani history" is a revisionist, internationally-condemned political nonsense. In contrast, Caucasian Albania was tightly connected to Armenia. Consider this: a) a part, if not a major part, of its population was Armenian b) Armenians brought Christianity to Caucasian Albania; Caucasian Albanian church was receiving investiture from Armenian Catholicos. c) Armenians invented Caucasian Albanian alphabet and established Armenian schools (e.g. at ], see that article). If (]) and others continue this edit war, they all will be reported and blocked. Either two boxes stay, or none. ] (]) 01:43, 11 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::Caucasian Albania was located on the territory of present day Azerbaijan whether you like it or not. Hence the template History of Azerbaijan. Albanian church was subdued to Armenian church only in the first half of the 19th century by orders of the Russian tsar, obviously. The territory of present day Armenia was populated by Muslims who at some period of time constituted the majority. Should we add the History of Azerbaijan template to Armenia too? ] (]) 15:08, 11 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::There was no "Azerbaijan" or "Azerbaijani people" at the time when Turkic-speaking nomads roamed Armenia. Armenia was never "populated" by Muslims - show me a Wiki article supporting that claim. Otherwise, we indeed could add "Azerbaijani History" box in Armenia, per your suggestion, why not? The problem is that "Azerbaijani History" begins in 1918, everything before is just speculation. However, here I note that Tuscumbia (is he another account for Atabey?) and his suspected socks TwilightChill and NovaScola have bizarre, unfounded beliefs that are not supported by any of Misplaced Pages articles on Armenia and Azerbaijan. Tuscumbia's continued involvement in this debate harms Wiki and is against its NPOV policy. ] (]) 17:24, 11 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Azerbaijan is a modern state, not a territory. It is hence not a successor state of and has not direct ties with the ancient state of Albania. IMO inclusion of the history template of Azerbaijan would be the same as adding the ] in the article ]. --]]] 10:04, 12 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::A comparison with other articles might help. For example, the ] are not given a tag that includes them in the history of the Kingdom of Great Britain, neither is it given to the Kingdom of ]. Would the equivalent of Tuscumbia's argument, that the "removal of the History of the Kingdom of Great Britain template is just an attempt to remove Mercia from British history" be reasonable. No, of course not! They ''are'' given categories that relate them to '''regions''' of Britain - but Britain existed as a region during that time period so that category is justifiable. But the "history of the Kingdom of Great Britain" category is not because the modern state of Great Britain did not exist at that time. Armenia is both a modern state and an ancient region, Azerbaijan is a modern state but it is not an ancient region. The current conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan doesn't mean that the history of Azerbaijan should be given a fake extension back to the Classical period because of some dubious appeal to neutrality. A neutral category, such as History of the Caucasus, is perhaps what is needed here. ] (]) 22:44, 15 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::And even the ] article is not included in the History of the Republic of Ireland category! the ROI is the successor state of the Irish Free State, so if even that doesn't get it into the category there is '''no chance''' History of Azerbaijan should get Caucasian Albania. ] (]) 23:08, 15 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Xebulon, whatever it is you're saying is just the line of Armenian histography. ] was proclaimed in 1918, not history of Azerbaijan, not the region or Azerbaijani Turkic states in the region, including the area of present day Armenia. Caucasian Albania was located on the territory of present day Azerbaijan and it belongs to and is cherished by the current state of Azerbaijan as part of its heritage. ] (]) 15:38, 17 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::You don't get it. Articles don't exist to massage the identites, cherished or not, of modern nations. Everyone in Britain is aware that the Kingdom of Mercia was an early kingdom on the territory of what became England and then Great Britain, but it is not included in the "history of the Kingdom of Great Britain" category because they are two entirely different entities for the purposes of an encyclopedia. The same is true for Caucasian Albania: it is an entirely different entity from Azerbaijan. ] (]) 21:45, 17 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::::: Then go change that article. Caucasian Albania is a part of Azerbaijani heritage. And, please do discuss your edits. ] (]) 22:58, 17 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::: Tuscumbia - you are in an ugly edit war, which will be reported in full. You were asked a million time where you saw that "Caucasian Albania is a part of Azerbaijani heritage" and you are stubbornly refusing to engage and respond. Your claim is groundless (no surprise you cannot respond to the questions) and every normal scholar of Azerbaijan ridicules it. See the articles on Azerbaijani pseudo-scholars ] and ]. ] (]) 03:03, 18 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::HistoryOfIran, thank you for noticing my review and taking the time to reply. And yet you did not understand me. I have no enmity towards the Armenian people. There are no bad people, there are bad men in ties who impose their opinion on the people.🇦🇿🤝🏼🇦🇲 | |||
| :::::: ''Caucasian Albania is a part of Azerbaijani heritage'' is a Point of View, Tuscumbia. --]]] 08:51, 18 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::And the fact is that everyone who is an ally of Armenia accepts her version of history. Misplaced Pages is not a place for propaganda, but I am not promoting either. On the contrary, these articles about "great" Armenia propagate the history of the world according to Armenians. I ask you, if you don't even believe, read the history of Azerbaijan, just for experience. To know that if someone says one thing, it doesn't have to be true. Good luck, my Iranian friend. ] (]) 09:03, 20 January 2023 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::Vacio, what do you mean it's POV? Caucasian Albania was located on the territory of present day Azerbaijan and it is a part of Azerbaijani cultural heritage as much as Talysh, Lezgi, Mountain Jews, etc residing on the territory of Azerbaijan. It's a multiethnic country. ] (]) 13:50, 18 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::I'm not your friend and my ethnicity is none of your concern. Take this to a forum. --] (]) 11:17, 20 January 2023 (UTC) | |||
| ::::: Oh, really? So Azerbaijan then automatically inherited the heritage of every civilization that whose lands ended up in modern Azerbaijan? So, we should include a British info template on all pages on history of India, and Mongol template all over the world history pages? ] (]) 18:02, 18 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::"Greater Armenia" refers to the ancient Kingdom of Armenia and is not an irredentist term. Is "Great Britain" an English invention too? ] (]) 14:19, 10 February 2023 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::Azerbaijan didn't inherit it, it's just a part of it since the term Azerbaijani includes many ethnicities, Udi being one of them. That example you just gave actually perfectly applies to irrendentism of Armenian nationalists ] just because there was an Armenian Kingdom on those lands. Then, should Italians claim half of the world because of Roman Empire, or should the Greeks claim half of Asia because there was Alexander the Great, or maybe Ottoman Empire should claim 20 present day sovereign states? ] (]) 18:15, 18 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == How about a more accurate map? == | |||
| Armenians only claim lands which are part of their historic homeland, that is the lands comprising the ], which should be the article you should be linking everyone to. And the idea itself is not that controversial, considering that even the Western Allies in 1919 were seriously contemplating to award all the lands stretching from Eastern Armenia to the six easternmost provinces of the Ottoman Empire and even ] to the new Armenian republic on the basis of demographic, historical, and economic grounds. At least the case for Greater Armenia has some basis to it, not some intangible link between an ancient Christian culture which was fully absorbed by the medieval Armenians, Georgians and Arabs, and a modern Turkic state. --] (]) 18:45, 18 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :A historical homeland? You mean to tell me there were Armenians from Adam and Eve living on all those territories and all of a sudden the territory started to shrink? Christian culture as much as ], Islam and ] are all part the melting pot making up the modern day Turkic state. Turks have lived in Azerbaijan since the time of ] and according to other theories even earlier. That's why Azerbaijan is referred to as a multiethnic and multi-religious state. ] (]) 19:10, 18 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :: well, as someone (vacio) said up there, Tuscumbia's opinion is just his personal opinion, which is should keep out of Misplaced Pages. He cannot bring any sources to verify it. ] (]) 18:59, 18 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| Well you don't honestly think the geographical term Armenia just suddenly rose up out of the blue now, do you? There's a reason why the expansive, easternmost Byzantine military theme was known as the ] theme, why the the Arabs designated the entire province in the Caucasus as al-Armaniya, why the latin name for the ] has the word ''armenicus'' in it. The overwhelming ethnic presence of Armenians in the region for almost three millennia justified calling this region Armenia right up until the early twentieth century, when the Armenians were forcibly and ruthlessly removed from their homeland by the Ottoman Turks. A settled Turkic presence in the territory now comprising Azerbaijan can be positively identified to the late eleventh-early twelfth century, tops.--] (]) 19:45, 18 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Yes Armenia existed, but as homeland not within the borders described in ]. And you don't honestly think Armenians just suddenly rose up out of the blue specifically on those territories and called it Armenia, do you? The point is that whatever the size of empires were, those times are gone. That's why there are international organizations that unite the international community in their efforts to keep the world order. And yes, Turks were there way before the ]. ] (]) 22:05, 18 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::: I still do not see any references to support the idea that C.Albania is part of Azerbaijan's history. ] (]) 03:03, 19 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| File:Кавказская Албания и сопредельные страны в 5-8 веке .н.э.jpg ] (]) 06:43, 30 January 2023 (UTC) | |||
| == WP:CHERRY == | |||
| == No Caucasian Albanian language? == | |||
| Starting from the article's top I wonder why the caption "Borders of Caucasian Albania after the 387 AD partition of Armenia..." appeared again, despite its absence in the file description (as if CA was once a part of Armenian realm). The original caption just reads "Late antiquity: empire and successors, A.D. 425-600". Secondly, Mashtots' invention of Albanian script is disputable: | |||
| {{quotation|...Koryun... wrote about the fifth-century Armenian monk Mesrop Mashtots, the man who "renewed the alphabet" of Albania and taught the "new alphabet" (Langlois 1869: 10, 12. The phrases "renewed the alphabet" and "new alphabet" used by Koryun, the biographer of Mashtots, indicate that an older version of the Albanian alphabet and writing existed previously. <small>Philip L. Kohl, Mara Kozelsky, Nachman Ben-Yehuda, ''Selective remembrances: archaeology in the construction, commemoration, and consecration of national pasts'', University of Chicago Press, 2007, p. 104</small>}} | |||
| As such, the relevancy of Amaras Monastery is quite little, the ] ] issues are to be dealt with. The article's structure in is about to be recovered as it seems to be better crafted. ] ] 09:32, 19 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::I would replace Amaras with an image of St. Gregory, who built it. As for Mashtots, 4 to 5 contemporaneous primary sources say he invented three alphabets and there are no primary sources saying the opposite. ] (]) 22:27, 19 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| 'and only if there was any single "Albanian" language in the first place which is doubtful because the population of Albania/Aghvank was described as consisting of as many 26 different tribes).' | |||
| :::Mashtots' pupil and biographer Koryun wrote (text here - , chapter XVI: | |||
| Ahem, we already have an article about the ]/Aghwan language, we have a huge amount of texts in it that have been deciphered, and medieval Armenian sources themselves, as cited there, narrate how Armenian priests made the alphabet for the language and the translations into it (thereby acknowledging that the language existed, and that it was the main language of the area). Now it seems that while Azeri nationalists, as this article explains at length, want to minimise any historical Armenian presence in Azerbaijan by calling it 'Albanian', ''Armenian'' nationalists, including editors of this article, are in turn desperately trying to dismiss and minimise ''any'' non-Armenian element in the region's history and ideally deny that there was ever anything like a non-Armenian Albania to speak of, and are even willing to ignore their own historical tradition to that end. (And yes, you *can* have many tribes and yet one main language. It's unclear if the source cited contained the conclusion that there was no Albanian language; it may also have contained just the statement about number of the tribes, while the conclusion may be original research by the editor. Even if it does contain the statement, the source seems to be Armenian and can be expected to be no more unbiased on this subject than Azeri sources can.) ] (]) 20:38, 25 July 2023 (UTC) | |||
| {{quotation|Then there came and visited them an elderly man, an Albanian* named Benjamin. And he inquired and examined the barbaric diction of the Albanian language, and then through his usual god-given keenness of mind invented an alphabet, which he, through the grace of Christ, successfully organized and put in order.}} Therefore, your quote is either misrepresentation of the original text. Wiki editors should carefully examine what sources they use. ] (]) 23:16, 19 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :This is a mistranslation, see . Besides, Yunusov, who cites Trever, writes: . Mashtots lived centuries after that. ] ] 00:00, 20 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::: Please use acceptable academic NPOV sources and not Azerbaijani hate sites spreading propagandist misinformation. ] (]) 00:57, 20 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| == Emblem of the Caucasian Albania == | |||
| ::''And Hay/Armenian (*) alphabet was created not only on the basis of Aramaic, but also Greek and '''Turkic''' writings.'' lol, come on Brand, do you honestly believe that anyone will fall for this kind of nonsense? Claiming that the 26 tribes that made up Albania were Turkic (!) is as good an example of poor scholarship as you can get. Let's get some respected third party sources who actually know what they're talking about. | |||
| I have recently posted my digitalization of Mingachevir column (The emblem of Caucasian Albania.svg) as the "emblem" of Caucasian Albania, which led to the revert of my edit due to the lack of the source. I have digitalized the (Base of a column with Albanian inscription.JPG) image, which is originally a photo of a column from the Mingachevir church complex ] (]) 17:40, 25 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::And everyone knows that when Armenia was partitioned between Rome and Iran in 387, the Iranians undertook a number of administrative changes and made rearrangements to the internal borders of the marzpanate. This included extending the border of the Albanian kingdom to the reaches of the province of Syunik'. And the Gargarians were a mountainous people living in the Caucasus, and should not be confused with the famed Khazars of later centuries, who would make periodic raids into Armenia (though they never settled there because they were always beat back).--] (]) 07:56, 20 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::I'd say that Koryun, who writes about renewed alphabet, and Yunusov/Trever still stand. From the foreign sources I've read it's unclear whether Mashtots created the alphabet just for Gargarians or for the entire Albanian population. Basically, these are the concerns to be addressed. ] ] 08:57, 20 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Koryun never wrote that. See Charles Dowsett's translation of Movses Kaghankatvatsi's work into English. No concerns are to be addressed. Relax. ] (]) 14:17, 20 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :Do you have a ] that states this was their emblem and its significance? Could be a random symbol for all we know. ] (]) 17:42, 25 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
| This is ridiculous. Even after being warned not to make controversial edits without proper discussions, you have still went ahead . It's like you acknowledge that your version contains mistakes, then shrug your shoulders and decide to ignore everyone else's complaints and decide to make edits which conform to your own views. Do I really need to call the ArbCom guys to come here and put and end to this disruption Brand?--] (]) 17:23, 20 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::I have found that it means the , will it suffice? | |||
| :Quick question, Marshall. Why exactly do you think your or account Xebulon's or account Gorzaim's edits are not controversial and TwilightChill's are? ] (]) 17:52, 20 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| ::] (]) 19:39, 25 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::: This is typical disruption. C.Albanian history was written in Armenian, by an Armenian person, and a bulk of its population was Armenian. The first Armenian school was opened there by the guy who invented the Armenian alphabet. Go ahead and restore "Armenian" in the right upper template. ] (]) 22:10, 20 January 2011 (UTC) | |||
| :::What page(s)? ] (]) 20:12, 25 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::::Sorry, pages 142 - 148 | |||
| ::::] (]) 20:34, 25 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :::::Sorry, I am missing something? It just analyses the symbol and says it symbolises the Christianisation of the Albanians? So how does this prove that this was their emblem? ] (]) 20:39, 25 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::Honestly I am not sure now that it should be indeed used, so let's omit it before more reliable sources come in. | |||
| ::::::] (]) 20:56, 25 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::Also, what do you think about ] banner of Arran (Caucasian Albania) according to Vakhushti? Should it be included on this page? I've already included it on Arran page. | |||
| ::] (]) 12:01, 26 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :::It shouldn't, the website it links to is a random one and doesn't give any details. Also, Arran has a long history as a historical region, what is this supposed banner meant to represent? The people? A certain kingdom? And for what era? ] (]) 13:28, 26 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::::It is not from the website, but rather from the ] by Vakhushti Bagrationi and is meant to represent Arran when it was the part of the kingdom of Georgia. The book was inscribed on]'s ] , which means that it is a reliable source. Misplaced Pages already uses Vakhushti arms for the ], ] and the ]. Moreover, ] and ] Ossetias use Vakhushti COA as its official arms. ] (]) 13:59, 26 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :::::{{tq|is meant to represent Arran when it was the part of the kingdom of Georgia.}} | |||
| :::::According to what ]? Also, I can see you replaced it with your own custom made flag . What WP:RS state that they used those colors? I am sorry if I sound harsh, but we have to ultimately follow what ] says, which many articles don't, but that's irrelevant per ]. For example, in a ] or ] article, everything has to be sourced. Trust me, I want a flag/emblem as much as you, but it has to be done right, i.e. in accord with the Wiki policies and scholarship. ] (]) 01:56, 27 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::I have already cited WP:RS, e. g. the book of Vakhushti. | |||
| ::::::I ultimately see no reason why there is a custom made digitalizations of Vakhushti emblems in the ], ], ] pages, but isn't one for ] and ], though Vakhushti made emblems for them too. ] (]) 06:08, 27 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::Sorry, but you have not. Where does he mention that that was the flag used when Arran was a Georgian province? See ]. And where did you get those colors from? ] (]) 08:54, 27 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::I got these colors from the map annotated by Vakhushti from ], which is inscribed on . You can see a map of better quality ]. BTW, it is from the Kingdom of Georgia article. ] (]) 15:33, 27 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::{{tq|I got these colors from the map annotated by Vakhushti from Description of the Kingdom of Georgia, which is inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register}} | |||
| :::::::::Sorry, this is vague and the link doesn't work. | |||
| :::::::::{{tq|You can see a map of better quality there. BTW, it is from the Kingdom of Georgia article.}} | |||
| :::::::::This however, is more in line what I was asking for. Now we know where you got the colors from, and one can see that it is meant to portray the flag of the regions under Georgian rule. Please cite that map in the relevant flag uploads so it doesn't appear as a typical fan-made fictional flag, eg like how I cited the sources I used for this map . And I would appreciate it if you also specified in both the caption of your flags in Commons and the ones added here that this is meant to portray the flag of x region under Georgian rule according to the ] by Vakhushti, so the readers don't think anything else. ] (]) 23:52, 27 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::::Done | |||
| ::::::::::] (]) 15:06, 30 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
| :::::::::::Thanks, I've added the link for easier access, hope you don't mind. ] (]) 20:11, 30 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
| ::::::::::::Thank you! ] (]) 20:37, 30 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
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New Map
The map is clearly wrong. It contains regions that were not part of caucasian Albania. It never extends to Sevan lake, same with caucasian Iberia.
- Nope, this map is based on the work of Hewsen (Armenia: A Historical Atlas). --HistoryofIran (talk) 20:32, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
- It is not. Hewsen's map clearly indicates a difference between actual "Caucasian Albania/Aran" and territory that Persia later annexed from its vassal state Armenia and added to its vassal state Caucasian Albania. As well as using different shading to distinguish the two territories (shading which the map here doesn't have), and different titling (only the original territory is labelled Aran / Albania), Hewsen's map also states: "Classical sources are unanimous in marking the river Cyrus (Kur) the frontier between Albanian and Armenia. Only in the late 4th C AD did the Armenian principalities of Artsakh Utik, Gardman, Sakashen, and Kolt pass under permanent Albanian rule". 78.149.46.96 (talk) 02:43, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
- Sigh, what era do you think this map is supposed to represent? 3rd-century BC? It is obviously after the 4th-century AD, even the caption says so. The map is a representation of the Albanian kingdom and what it ruled back then, end off. This WP:JDLI is getting too much now. --HistoryofIran (talk) 13:28, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
- HistoryofIran this map is wrong. Sotk (Sawdk) has never been part of Albania, and on the original map its borders are even highlighted separately. According to Hewsen (or rather Eremyan) Sotk could have been part of the province of Artsakh (or rather, the ruling house of Sotk also ruled Artsakh), but after Artsakh was lost to Albania in 387, Sotk became part of the province of Syunik (pp. 101-102). Hewsen emphasized that there is no evidence for Eremyan's suggestion that Sotk was part of Artsakh (p. 119). On page 85 (map No. 65) you can see the borders of Armenia after the division of 387 until the year 591, where it is clearly seen that all the lands around Lake Sevan remained part of Armenia
In addition, your map contradicts most (all?) other authoritative sources on the borders of Caucasian Albania. --Rs4815 (talk) 19:16, 27 March 2023 (UTC)(Hewsen, p. 101-102) The exact status of Arc'ax within the Arsacid kingdom is unknown. We hear of no princes of Arc'ax, and Eremyan thought that it must have belonged to the princes of Sawdk' (Cawdk'), a district at the southeast corner of Lake Sevan. In any case, Arc'ax was lost to Albania in 387, while Sawdk' remained as one of the districts of Siwnik'.
- @Rs4815: You're right, the map Hewsen shows is different from this one. Also, it's not my map; it's @Golden: --HistoryofIran (talk) 00:07, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
- @Rs4815 and HistoryofIran: I no longer have access to Hewsen's book. I would appreciate it if one of you could email me Hewsen's map so I can make corrections based on that. — Golden 10:25, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
- @Golden: The link will expire in 7 days . --HistoryofIran (talk) 11:36, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
- Here is the map. --Rs4815 (talk) 11:59, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you both. I'll take a look at it over the weekend. — Golden 13:47, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
- @HistoryofIran: The map that Rs4815 sent differs from the Hewsen map on page 41. In addition to the removal of Cawdk, the differences also include changes to the Armenia-Albania border north of Lake Sevan in Tashir and the addition of Lpink to Albania. I'm not too familiar with these changes and would like to know if you think they are accurate enough to make. — Golden 15:49, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
- It's the same map, mine is just of horrible quality, making it hard to see what's what. We should stick to the one posted by Rs4815. --HistoryofIran (talk) 17:11, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
- @HistoryofIran: The map that Rs4815 sent differs from the Hewsen map on page 41. In addition to the removal of Cawdk, the differences also include changes to the Armenia-Albania border north of Lake Sevan in Tashir and the addition of Lpink to Albania. I'm not too familiar with these changes and would like to know if you think they are accurate enough to make. — Golden 15:49, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
- Thank you both. I'll take a look at it over the weekend. — Golden 13:47, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
- Here is the map. --Rs4815 (talk) 11:59, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
- @Golden: The link will expire in 7 days . --HistoryofIran (talk) 11:36, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
- @Rs4815 and HistoryofIran: I no longer have access to Hewsen's book. I would appreciate it if one of you could email me Hewsen's map so I can make corrections based on that. — Golden 10:25, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
- @Rs4815: You're right, the map Hewsen shows is different from this one. Also, it's not my map; it's @Golden: --HistoryofIran (talk) 00:07, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
- HistoryofIran this map is wrong. Sotk (Sawdk) has never been part of Albania, and on the original map its borders are even highlighted separately. According to Hewsen (or rather Eremyan) Sotk could have been part of the province of Artsakh (or rather, the ruling house of Sotk also ruled Artsakh), but after Artsakh was lost to Albania in 387, Sotk became part of the province of Syunik (pp. 101-102). Hewsen emphasized that there is no evidence for Eremyan's suggestion that Sotk was part of Artsakh (p. 119). On page 85 (map No. 65) you can see the borders of Armenia after the division of 387 until the year 591, where it is clearly seen that all the lands around Lake Sevan remained part of Armenia
- Sigh, what era do you think this map is supposed to represent? 3rd-century BC? It is obviously after the 4th-century AD, even the caption says so. The map is a representation of the Albanian kingdom and what it ruled back then, end off. This WP:JDLI is getting too much now. --HistoryofIran (talk) 13:28, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
- It is not. Hewsen's map clearly indicates a difference between actual "Caucasian Albania/Aran" and territory that Persia later annexed from its vassal state Armenia and added to its vassal state Caucasian Albania. As well as using different shading to distinguish the two territories (shading which the map here doesn't have), and different titling (only the original territory is labelled Aran / Albania), Hewsen's map also states: "Classical sources are unanimous in marking the river Cyrus (Kur) the frontier between Albanian and Armenia. Only in the late 4th C AD did the Armenian principalities of Artsakh Utik, Gardman, Sakashen, and Kolt pass under permanent Albanian rule". 78.149.46.96 (talk) 02:43, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
@Rs4815 and HistoryofIran: I created a new vectorized version of the map based on the one provided by Rs4815. I also made corrections to some city, region names and added the ancient coastline as provided by Hewsen on page 41. Take a look: File:Caucasian Albania in 5th and 6th centurires.svg — Golden 19:14, 3 April 2023 (UTC)
- @Golden: I'm not sure about the need to show the ancient coastline. As for Lpink. Until 387, this region was either a vassal of Albania, or part of it, but Albania lost control over it after 387, when this territory was taken from them by the Persians (along with the Armenian Paytakaran). If this map shows the situation after 387, then Lpink should not be part of Albania, but if the map shows the entire period of the existence of the Albanian kingdom, then both Lpink and the lands south of the Kura should be highlighted in different colors or shaded with the corresponding legend, which is — up to 387 Albania controlled Lpink but did not control the lands south of the Kura, and after 387 the lands south of the Kura were transferred to it, but Albanians lost the Lpink.
--Rs4815 (talk) 19:11, 4 April 2023 (UTC)Hewsen, page 60: It should be noted that the territory that these people inhabited could not have formed a separate kingdom as early as the Arsacid period, for there is no such indication in classical sources, which include all of southeastern Caucasia (north of the River Kur) within Albania. Rather, the emergence of the Lupenian kingdom must have been a consequence of the loss of Albanian control of its easternmost districts after the partition of Armenia in 387, when the Persians gave the Albanians large territories in Eastern Armenia south of the Kur while at the same time depriving them of certain other lands formerly under their control north of the Kur.
- Hewsen shows the ancient coastline on page 41. I think it’s relevant enough to include because it provides context for how close Albania was to the sea at that time. Regarding Lpink and lands south of Kura, feel free to edit the map yourself since it is now vectorized. If not, you may have to wait a week or two for me to edit it since I'm currently busy irl. — Golden 19:26, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
- @Golden: I waited over a month) Can you at least update this file. It is more widely used than the new one you created. --Rs4815 (talk) 13:55, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
- I created the .svg map so that I wouldn't have to make every little change myself. If you're able to make the change, please go ahead. If not, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it either as it's difficult for me to find the time. As for the .png map, I've updated it using the .svg map. — Golden 14:07, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
- @Golden: I waited over a month) Can you at least update this file. It is more widely used than the new one you created. --Rs4815 (talk) 13:55, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
- Hewsen shows the ancient coastline on page 41. I think it’s relevant enough to include because it provides context for how close Albania was to the sea at that time. Regarding Lpink and lands south of Kura, feel free to edit the map yourself since it is now vectorized. If not, you may have to wait a week or two for me to edit it since I'm currently busy irl. — Golden 19:26, 4 April 2023 (UTC)
Armemia?
What is "Greater" Armenia? If Armenia has no history (as a state), then there is no point in inventing it. Yes, the Armenian people are ancient, and they gave birth on the territory of Caucasian Albania. But no "great" Armenias have ever existed. Thanks for understanding. 5.197.255.228 (talk) 17:58, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
- It happens to be an alternative name of Kingdom of Armenia mentioned in that article. Swapping it to Kingdom of Armenia per article's title and as a more neutral term looks reasonable. Brandmeister 19:05, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
- IP is currently on a nonsense spree, writing WP:FORUM ish comments about his dislike of the concept of Armenia as a state/country (currently on phone, so cba adding the diffs, look at their edits). If the IP read a book, they would realize that Armenia does in fact have a rich history as a state. Moreover, WP:RS routinely simply uses “Armenia” when referring to the area. Misplaced Pages is not a place for WP:SOAPBOXing either. HistoryofIran (talk) 21:27, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
- HistoryOfIran, thank you for noticing my review and taking the time to reply. And yet you did not understand me. I have no enmity towards the Armenian people. There are no bad people, there are bad men in ties who impose their opinion on the people.🇦🇿🤝🏼🇦🇲
- And the fact is that everyone who is an ally of Armenia accepts her version of history. Misplaced Pages is not a place for propaganda, but I am not promoting either. On the contrary, these articles about "great" Armenia propagate the history of the world according to Armenians. I ask you, if you don't even believe, read the history of Azerbaijan, just for experience. To know that if someone says one thing, it doesn't have to be true. Good luck, my Iranian friend. 5.197.255.228 (talk) 09:03, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
- I'm not your friend and my ethnicity is none of your concern. Take this to a forum. --HistoryofIran (talk) 11:17, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
- "Greater Armenia" refers to the ancient Kingdom of Armenia and is not an irredentist term. Is "Great Britain" an English invention too? AlenAcemyan (talk) 14:19, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
How about a more accurate map?
File:Кавказская Албания и сопредельные страны в 5-8 веке .н.э.jpg 5.197.255.243 (talk) 06:43, 30 January 2023 (UTC)
No Caucasian Albanian language?
'and only if there was any single "Albanian" language in the first place which is doubtful because the population of Albania/Aghvank was described as consisting of as many 26 different tribes).'
Ahem, we already have an article about the Caucasian Albanian/Aghwan language, we have a huge amount of texts in it that have been deciphered, and medieval Armenian sources themselves, as cited there, narrate how Armenian priests made the alphabet for the language and the translations into it (thereby acknowledging that the language existed, and that it was the main language of the area). Now it seems that while Azeri nationalists, as this article explains at length, want to minimise any historical Armenian presence in Azerbaijan by calling it 'Albanian', Armenian nationalists, including editors of this article, are in turn desperately trying to dismiss and minimise any non-Armenian element in the region's history and ideally deny that there was ever anything like a non-Armenian Albania to speak of, and are even willing to ignore their own historical tradition to that end. (And yes, you *can* have many tribes and yet one main language. It's unclear if the source cited contained the conclusion that there was no Albanian language; it may also have contained just the statement about number of the tribes, while the conclusion may be original research by the editor. Even if it does contain the statement, the source seems to be Armenian and can be expected to be no more unbiased on this subject than Azeri sources can.) 87.126.21.225 (talk) 20:38, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
Emblem of the Caucasian Albania
I have recently posted my digitalization of Mingachevir column (The emblem of Caucasian Albania.svg) as the "emblem" of Caucasian Albania, which led to the revert of my edit due to the lack of the source. I have digitalized the (Base of a column with Albanian inscription.JPG) image, which is originally a photo of a column from the Mingachevir church complex Athoremmes (talk) 17:40, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
- Do you have a WP:RS that states this was their emblem and its significance? Could be a random symbol for all we know. HistoryofIran (talk) 17:42, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
- I have found that it means the Christianisation of Caucasian Albania, will it suffice?
- Athoremmes (talk) 19:39, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
- What page(s)? HistoryofIran (talk) 20:12, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry, pages 142 - 148
- Athoremmes (talk) 20:34, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry, I am missing something? It just analyses the symbol and says it symbolises the Christianisation of the Albanians? So how does this prove that this was their emblem? HistoryofIran (talk) 20:39, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
- Honestly I am not sure now that it should be indeed used, so let's omit it before more reliable sources come in.
- Athoremmes (talk) 20:56, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry, I am missing something? It just analyses the symbol and says it symbolises the Christianisation of the Albanians? So how does this prove that this was their emblem? HistoryofIran (talk) 20:39, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
- What page(s)? HistoryofIran (talk) 20:12, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
- Also, what do you think about this banner of Arran (Caucasian Albania) according to Vakhushti? Should it be included on this page? I've already included it on Arran page.
- Athoremmes (talk) 12:01, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
- It shouldn't, the website it links to is a random one and doesn't give any details. Also, Arran has a long history as a historical region, what is this supposed banner meant to represent? The people? A certain kingdom? And for what era? HistoryofIran (talk) 13:28, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
- It is not from the website, but rather from the Description of the Kingdom of Georgia by Vakhushti Bagrationi and is meant to represent Arran when it was the part of the kingdom of Georgia. The book was inscribed onUNESCO's Memory of the World Register in 2013, which means that it is a reliable source. Misplaced Pages already uses Vakhushti arms for the Principiality of Svaneti, Principiality of Samtskhe and the Avar Khanate. Moreover, North and South Ossetias use Vakhushti COA as its official arms. Athoremmes (talk) 13:59, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
is meant to represent Arran when it was the part of the kingdom of Georgia.
- According to what WP:RS? Also, I can see you replaced it with your own custom made flag . What WP:RS state that they used those colors? I am sorry if I sound harsh, but we have to ultimately follow what WP:RS says, which many articles don't, but that's irrelevant per WP:OTHER. For example, in a WP:GA or WP:FA article, everything has to be sourced. Trust me, I want a flag/emblem as much as you, but it has to be done right, i.e. in accord with the Wiki policies and scholarship. HistoryofIran (talk) 01:56, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- I have already cited WP:RS, e. g. the book of Vakhushti.
- I ultimately see no reason why there is a custom made digitalizations of Vakhushti emblems in the principality of Svaneti, Samtskhe-Saatabago, Mingrelia pages, but isn't one for Arran and Shirvan, though Vakhushti made emblems for them too. Athoremmes (talk) 06:08, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry, but you have not. Where does he mention that that was the flag used when Arran was a Georgian province? See WP:CITE. And where did you get those colors from? HistoryofIran (talk) 08:54, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- I got these colors from the map annotated by Vakhushti from Description of the Kingdom of Georgia, which is inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. You can see a map of better quality there. BTW, it is from the Kingdom of Georgia article. Athoremmes (talk) 15:33, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
I got these colors from the map annotated by Vakhushti from Description of the Kingdom of Georgia, which is inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register
- Sorry, this is vague and the link doesn't work.
You can see a map of better quality there. BTW, it is from the Kingdom of Georgia article.
- This however, is more in line what I was asking for. Now we know where you got the colors from, and one can see that it is meant to portray the flag of the regions under Georgian rule. Please cite that map in the relevant flag uploads so it doesn't appear as a typical fan-made fictional flag, eg like how I cited the sources I used for this map . And I would appreciate it if you also specified in both the caption of your flags in Commons and the ones added here that this is meant to portray the flag of x region under Georgian rule according to the Description of the Kingdom of Georgia by Vakhushti, so the readers don't think anything else. HistoryofIran (talk) 23:52, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- Done
- Athoremmes (talk) 15:06, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks, I've added the link for easier access, hope you don't mind. HistoryofIran (talk) 20:11, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you! Athoremmes (talk) 20:37, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks, I've added the link for easier access, hope you don't mind. HistoryofIran (talk) 20:11, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- I got these colors from the map annotated by Vakhushti from Description of the Kingdom of Georgia, which is inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. You can see a map of better quality there. BTW, it is from the Kingdom of Georgia article. Athoremmes (talk) 15:33, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- Sorry, but you have not. Where does he mention that that was the flag used when Arran was a Georgian province? See WP:CITE. And where did you get those colors from? HistoryofIran (talk) 08:54, 27 September 2024 (UTC)
- It is not from the website, but rather from the Description of the Kingdom of Georgia by Vakhushti Bagrationi and is meant to represent Arran when it was the part of the kingdom of Georgia. The book was inscribed onUNESCO's Memory of the World Register in 2013, which means that it is a reliable source. Misplaced Pages already uses Vakhushti arms for the Principiality of Svaneti, Principiality of Samtskhe and the Avar Khanate. Moreover, North and South Ossetias use Vakhushti COA as its official arms. Athoremmes (talk) 13:59, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
- It shouldn't, the website it links to is a random one and doesn't give any details. Also, Arran has a long history as a historical region, what is this supposed banner meant to represent? The people? A certain kingdom? And for what era? HistoryofIran (talk) 13:28, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
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