Beylagan (city)

Coordinates: 39°46′32″N 47°37′07″E / 39.77556°N 47.61861°E / 39.77556; 47.61861

Beyləqan Beyləqan
City & Municipality
Beyləqan
Coordinates: 39°46′32″N 47°37′07″E / 39.77556°N 47.61861°E / 39.77556; 47.61861
Country	Azerbaijan
Rayon	Beylagan
Founded	1403
Elevation	60 m (200 ft)
Population (2012)[1]
• Total	15 599
Time zone	AZT (UTC+4)
• Summer (DST)	AZT (UTC+5)
Area code(s)	+994 152
Website	Official website

Beylagan (also, Beyləqan, Beyläqan, Bejlagan, Beilagan, Jdanov, Zhdanov, Ždanovsk, and Zhdanovsk) is the capital city of Beylagan rayon of Azerbaijan. During the Soviet era, it was renamed Zhdanov (Жданов) after Stalinist politician Andrei Zhdanov. This move was reverted in 1991 when the city assumed its original name again. Beylagan is one of the oldest towns in Azerbaijan. It is located in the triangle between the Kura and Aras rivers in the Mil steppe.

History

Some historians say that Beylagan is to have been founded by the Sassanid emperor Qobad and it may have been built during the time of Iranian migration and colonization of the region. In pre-Islamic times the city was known as Paytakaran. During the sixth century 'Paidangaran' (as its name is recorded in Syriac) was a diocese of the Assyrian Church of the East, two of whose bishops are known.^[2] The city surrendered peacefully to the Arabs and a period of Islamisation ensued, in which the city of Paytakaran became known as Baylaqan. Muslim chronicles describe it as a flourishing city. In the 12th century, the city had to pay tribute to Georgia and was sacked in 1220 by the Mongols, who slaughtered the inhabitants and burned it down. However, survivors subsequently returned and rebuilt it.^[3] At the end of the 14th century it was destroyed by Timur, who later rebuilt it, but the city was abandoned. Its ruins are now known as Ören-kala and lie near Kabirli village, a 22 km drive from the modern city of Beylagan.^[4]

City administrative center of the Beylagan region.

Notes

References

• Fiey, J. M., Pour un Oriens Christianus novus; répertoire des diocèses Syriaques orientaux et occidentaux (Beirut, 1993)
• Beylagan (city) at GEOnet Names Server

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Beylaqan.

Beylagan Rayon Capital: Beylagan Ala-Bekly Aliabad Allahyarlı Altanskiy Aşağı Çəmənli Aşıqalılar Bahar Baharabad Birinci Aşıqlı Birinci Şahsevən Bolsulu Bünyadlı Dilağarda Dünyamalılar Əhmədli Əlinəzərli Əmirzeydli Eyvazalılar Eyvazallar Gödəklər Günəş İkinci Aşıqlı İkinci Şahsevən İmamverdili İsgəndərli Kagramanly Kəbirli Lekino Mayak Mil Milabad Moshkara Orconikidze Örənqala Orta Əlinəzərli Peygambar Qaradağlı Qaralar Qaralılar Qəhrəmanlı Sarısu Şəfəq Şərq Shakhsevan Tretye Sovetlər Tatalılar Təzəkənd Türklər Xaçınabad Yeddybugukskiy Yeni Mil Yuxarı Aran Yuxarı Çəmənli Yuxarı Kəbirli

Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan Districts (Raions) Absheron Agdam Agdash Aghjabadi Agstafa Agsu Astara Babek Balakan Barda Beylagan Bilasuvar Dashkasan Fizuli Gadabay Goranboy Goychay Goygol Hajigabul Imishli Ismailli Jabrayil Jalilabad Julfa Kalbajar Kangarli Khachmaz Khizi Khojaly Khojavend Kurdamir Lachin Lankaran Lerik Masally Neftchala Oghuz Ordubad Qabala Qakh Qazakh Gobustan Quba Qubadli Qusar Saatly Sabirabad Sadarak Salyan Samukh Shabran Shakhbuz Shaki Shamakhi Shamkir Sharur Shusha Siazan Tartar Tovuz Ujar Yardymli Yevlakh Zangilan Zaqatala Zardab Cities Baku Ganja Khankendi Lankaran Mingachevir Naftalan Nakhchivan City Shaki Shirvan Sumqayit Shusha Yevlakh Towns Agdam Agdash Aghjabadi Aghstafa Agsu Astara Babek Balakan Barda Beylagan Bilasuvar Dashkasan Füzuli Gadabay Goranboy Goychay Goygol Hajiqabul Imishli Ismayilly Jabrayil Jalilabad Julfa Kalbajar Khachmaz Khizi Khojavend Khojaly Khirdalan Kurdamir Lachin Lerik Masally Neftchala Oghuz Ordubad Gabala Qakh Gazakh Gobustan Quba Qubadli Qusar Saatly Sabirabad Salyan Shabran Shahbuz Shamakhi Shamkir Sharur Siyazan Tartar Tovuz Ujar Yardymly Zəngilan Zaqatala Zardab Names in italics indicate parts of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic