Map of the eastern part of Transcaucasia under the Sasanian Empire
Balāsagān (an Iranian toponym meaning "country of Balas"; Armenian: Bałasakan, the inhabitants known as Bałasičkʻ, Arabic: Balāsajān/Balāšajān), also known as Bazgan, was a region located in the area of the Kura and Aras rivers, adjacent to the Caspian Sea. To the south, it bordered Atropatene/Adurbadagan and Gilan.[1][2] It roughly corresponded to the Armenian province of Paytakaran, albeit extending farther into the north.[3] It has been suggested that under the Sasanians the region extended as far as the stronghold of Derbent, albeit this remains disputed.[1][2] The heartland of Balasagan was the Dasht i-Bałasakan ("Balasagan plain") which corresponds to the Mughan plain.[1] During the late Sasanian era, Balasagan was included in the northern quadrant (kust) of Adurbadagan.[4]
Balāsagān (an Iranian toponym meaning "country of Balas"; Armenian: Bałasakan, the inhabitants known as Bałasičkʻ, Arabic: Balāsajān/Balāšajān), also...
(2012), the name of the ethnic group derives from 'Balaschik' living in Balasagan, between the Caspian Sea and Lake Van in present-day Turkey and Azerbaijan...
Armen [Armenia], Virozan [Iberia], Segan [Machelonia], Arran [Albania], Balasagan up to the Caucasus and to the ‘gate of the Alans’ and all of Padishkhvar[gar]...
Iberia (Georgia), (11) Machelonia, (12) Albania (eastern Caucasus), (13) Balasagan up to the Caucasus Mountains and the Gate of Albania (also known as Gate...
of the provinces of Aneran, including Armenia, Georgia, Albania, and Balasagan, together with Syria and Asia Minor". Archived November 16, 2007, at the...
provinces of Mazandaran and Gilan. The province bordered Adurbadagan and Balasagan in the west, Gurgan in the east, and Spahan in south. The main cities...
prince of Muhank, who, with the help of Babek, defeated and expelled the Balasagans from the borders of his domains. However, the latter managed to kill Stepanos...
Armen [Armenia], Virozan [Iberia], Segan [Machelonia], Arran [Albania], Balasagan up to the Caucasus and to the ‘gate of the Alans’ and all of Padishkhvar[gar]...
(Azerbaijan), Armen (Armenia), Wirzan (Iberia), Sagan, Ardan (Albania), Balasagan up to the Kaf (Caucasus) Mountains and to the Alanan Gate and all of the...
serving as the marzban (general of a frontier province, "margrave") of Balasagan, a province far away from Ctesiphon. While preparing to face the Arabs...
Armen [Armenia], Virozan [Iberia], Segan [Machelonia], Arran [Albania], Balasagan up to the Caucasus and to the ‘gate of the Alans’ and all of Padishkhvar[gar]...
Iberia (Georgia), (11) Machelonia, (12) Albania (eastern Caucasus), (13) Balasagan up to the Caucasus Mountains and the Gate of Albania (also known as Gate...
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