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City & Municipality in Barda, Azerbaijan| Bərdə | |
|---|---|
| City & Municipality | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| Rayon | Barda |
| Population | |
| • Total | 40,122 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZT) |
Barda (Template:Lang-az, Template:Lang-hy; also, Bärdä) is the capital city of Barda Rayon, Azerbaijan. For a long period Barda was the seat of kings of Caucasian Albania and the Albanian Church, as well as an important trading and cultural centre, but it declined after the Arab invasions. During Islamic times, it was the chief city of Arran. In the tenth and eleventh centuries Barda was a metropolitan province of the Church of the East.
Located south of Yevlax, Barda is a small provincial town on the Terter river or Tartar river's left bank. It was located in Greater Armenia's Utik province's Uti region. Partaw was built by the Armenian king Vache II at the behest of the Persian king Peroz I and was initially called Perozabad, and later Partaw or Partav. Vache II was from ancient Armenian family of Aranshahiks, whose properties included Utik and Artsakh provinces of Greater Armenia. Vache II brother's son was Vachagan. Vache II is well described in Armenian historian Moses of Kalankatuyk's History of Albania.</ref> Javanshir, the legendary 7th century prince of Caucasus Albania, lived in Barda, and fought against Sassanid, Byzantine, Khazar and Arabian armies for the survival of his nation. The history of this struggle was chronicled by Armenian historian Moses of Kalankatuyk who lived in a neighbouring village. In 943, Barda was briefly taken by the Rus. In XIII century the city was destroyed by Mongols. Until XIII the city had generally Armenian population. In 768 Armenian Catholicos Sion I organized a church meeting in Partaw.
Although still the capital of a raion, centuries of earthquakes and invasions have destroyed much of the town's landmarks, with the exception of the 14th century tomb of Ahmad Zocheybana, built by architect Ahmad ibn Ayyub Nakhchivani. The mausoleum is a cylindrical brick tower, decorated with turquoise tiles. There is also the more recently built Imamzadeh Mosque, which has four minarets.
Agriculture is the main activity in the area. Local economy is based on the production and processing of cotton, silk, poultry and dairy products. The cease fire line is just a few kilometres west of Barda, near Terter.
References
- World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan – World-Gazetteer.com
- Movses Kalankatuatsi. History of Albania. Book 2, Chapter VI
- Encyclopaedia Iranica
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, 9th volume, page 210.
- Movses Kalankatuatsi, History of Albania, 1969.
- Kirakos of Gandzak, History of Armenia, 1961.
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, 1st volume, page 525.
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, 11th volume, page 283.
- History of Armenia, author Danielyan, page 106.
- Movses Kalankatuatsi, History of Albania, 1969
- Movses Kalankatuatsi. History of Albania. Book 1, Chapter XV
- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, 9th volume, page 210
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Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. European Command and U.S. Embassy Baku celebrated the completion of construction of the new Barda High School in Azerbaijan with city officials and teachers during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 14, 2010.
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