Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Church of Caucasian Albania, Shirvan, Arran, Udi people, Caucasian Albanian alphabet, Barda, Azerbaijan, Saingilo, Hereti, Qabala Rayon, Qutqashen Sultanate, Qabala treasures, Qalagah, Parnavaz II of Iberia, Javanshir, Caspiane. Excerpt: Albania (Latin, Greek, in Old Armenian: A uank, Parthian Ardhan, Middle Persian Arran, usually referred to as Caucasian Albania for disambiguation with the modern state of Albania; the native name for the country is unknown) is a name for the historical region of the eastern Caucasus, that existed on the territory of present-day republic of Azerbaijan (where both of its capitals were located) and partially southern Dagestan. The Parthian name was Ardhan ( Middle Persian: Arran). The Arabic was ar-R n. The name of the country in the language of the native population, the Caucasian Albanians, is not known. Aghuank (Old Armenian: A uank, Modern Armenian: A vank') is the Armenian name for Caucasian Albania. Armenian authors mention that the name derived from the word "Aghu" ( ) meaning amiable in Armenian. The term Aghuank is polysemous and is also used in Armenian sources to denote the region between the Kur and Araxes rivers as part of Armenia. In the latter case it is sometimes used in the form "Armenian Aghuank" or "Hay-Aghuank." The Armenian historian of the region, Movses Kaghankatvatsi, who left the only more or less complete historical account, also explains the name Aghvank as a derivation from the word Aghu (Armenian for sweet, soft, tender), which, he said, was the nickname of Caucasian Albania's first governor Arran and referred to his lenient personality. Moses of Kalankatuyk and other ancient sources explain Arran or Arhan as the name of the legendary founder of Caucasian Albania (Aghvan) or even as the...