Paytakaran (city)

Paytakaran was the main city of Greater Armenia's easternmost province, Paytakaran (also known as Caspiane in Greco-Roman sources and Kaspkʻ or Kazbkʻ in Armenian sources).^[1]^[2]

Paytakaran may have been founded by the

Arab forces conquered Paytakaran city. The city was finally destroyed by Mongols

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The city's exact location is unknown. It is sometimes identified with the city of Beylagan in modern-day Azerbaijan, on the left bank of the Aras, or with the nearby village of Tazakend. The Armenian historian Ghevont Alishan placed Paytakaran near the village of Salian in Iran, where the ruins of an ancient city can be found. Other historians place it near to the confluence of the Kura and Aras rivers or closer the shore of the Caspian Sea.

References

Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia (in Armenian). Vol. 12. Yerevan. pp. 301–302.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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^ Hakobyan, T. Kh.; Melik-Bakhshyan, St. T.; Barseghyan, H. Kh. (2001). "Pʻaytakaran". Hayastani ev harakitsʻ shrjanneri teghanunneri baṛaran [Dictionary of toponymy of Armenia and adjacent territories] (in Armenian). Vol. 5. Yerevan State University. p. 230.

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[:12-1] Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia (in Armenian). Vol. 12. Yerevan. pp. 301–302.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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[:32-2] Hakobyan, T. Kh.; Melik-Bakhshyan, St. T.; Barseghyan, H. Kh. (2001). "Pʻaytakaran". Hayastani ev harakitsʻ shrjanneri teghanunneri baṛaran [Dictionary of toponymy of Armenia and adjacent territories] (in Armenian). Vol. 5. Yerevan State University. p. 230.

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