Arran (Azerbaijan)

Caucasian Albania
Territory, Kingdom, Vassal Kingdom and Satrapy during the Parthian and Sassanid empires
2nd century BC – AD 8th century
Borders of Caucasian Albania in 387—706 (red dashed line)
Capital		Kabalak, Partav
Languages		Caucasian Albanian, Parthian language,Middle Persian
Religion		Paganism, Christianity, Zoroastrianism
Political structure		Territory, Kingdom, Vassal Kingdom and Satrapy during the Parthian and Sassanid empires
Historical era		Antiquity
•	Established	4th century BC
•	Disestablished	8th century
Today part of		Azerbaijan  Russia  Georgia  Armenia

Albania (Latin: Albānia, Greek: , Albanía, in Classical Armenian: Ałuankʿ (Aguank),Parthian: Ardhan, Middle Persian: Arran; Georgian: რანი, Rani), 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. Around the first centuries BC and AD the land south of the Greater Caucasus and north of the Lesser Caucasus was divided between Kolchis in the west, Caucasian Iberia in the center and Caucasian Albania in the east. To the southwest was Armenia and to the southeast Atropatene.

After the rise of the Parthian Empire the kings of Caucasian Albania were replaced with an Arsacid family and would later be succeeded by another Iranian royal family in the 5th century AD, the Mihranids.

The Parthian name was Ardhan (Middle Persian: Arran). The Arabic was ar-Rān. The name of the country in the language of the native population, the Caucasian Albanians, is not known.