Caucasian Albania (Sasanian province)
Caucasian Albania (Middle Persian: Arān, Ardān, Armenian: Ałuank) was a kingdom in the Caucasus, which was under the suzerainty of the Sasanian Empire from 252 to 636.
Caucasian Albania Arān, Ardān | |||||||||||
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| 252–636 | |||||||||||
Map of the Caucasus in 387–591 | |||||||||||
| Status | Province (largely autonomous vassal principality) of the Sasanian Empire | ||||||||||
| Capital | Kabalak (488–636) Partav (488–636) | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Caucasian Albanian, Armenian, Parthian, Middle Persian | ||||||||||
| Religion | Christianity, Zoroastrianism | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Late antiquity | ||||||||||
• Established | 252 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 636 | ||||||||||
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