Ādurbādagān Adurbadagan | |||||||||
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Province of the Sasanian Empire | |||||||||
226–651 | |||||||||
Map of Adurbadagan and its surroundings in 488–572 | |||||||||
Capital | Ganzak | ||||||||
Historical era | Late Antiquity | ||||||||
• Established | 226 | ||||||||
• Annexed by the Rashidun Caliphate | 651 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Azerbaijan, Iran |
Adurbadagan (Middle Persian: Ādurbādagān/Āδarbāyagān, Parthian: Āturpātākān) was a northwestern province in the Sasanian Empire, almost corresponding to the present-day Iranian Azerbaijan. Governed by a marzban ("margrave"), it functioned as an important frontier (and later religious) region against the neighbouring country of Armenia.
The capital of the province was Ganzak.