Caucasian Albania (Sasanian province)
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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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 should not be confused with European Albania. The toponym was created from Greek sources who incorrectly translated the Armenian language.