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The Sasanian Military Commander seal: Sed-hos i Mehran shahr asbed ud hujadag Xusro wuzurg eran-kust-i Adurbadagan's spahbed, [7]. The seal was found in Azargushnasp (Pahlavi: Adur Gusnasp), Takht-e Soleyman, Iranian Azerbaijan. (M. Khalifa-zadeh translation: Sedhos, Khusraw Iran's Great House of Mehran's country army commander -region Adurbadagan's [Azerbaijan] general)

The Sasanian Military Commander seal: Sed-hos i Mehran shahr asbed ud hujadag Xusro wuzurg eran-kust-i Adurbadagan's spahbed, [7]. The seal was found in Azargushnasp (Pahlavi: Adur Gusnasp), Takht-e Soleyman, Iranian Azerbaijan. (M. Khalifa-zadeh translation: Sedhos, Khusraw Iran's Great House of Mehran's country army commander -region Adurbadagan's [Azerbaijan] general)

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The author discusses the historical background of the origin of modern Azerbaijan divided by the Araz river into southern or Iranian and northern or the independent Republic of Azerbaijan. The author analyzes the application of the Sasanian name Adurbadagan to both sides of modern Azerbaijan. He believes that the name Azerbaijan originates from the...

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... holding Adurbadagan spahbed (general) and Adurbadagan amargar (financial or administrative officer) as well. The office of supreme military command (Isbahbadh) of Azerbaijan, with specially assigned Adurbadagan general (spahbed), was covered Adurbadagan, Arran (Caucasus Albania) and Armin (Arminyaya or Armenia) [12][13][14][15][16] (Fig. 4 and Fig. 5). The establishment of kust-i Adurbadagan with a specially assigned general was designed to improve the empire's military and defense capabilities and to strengthen the central power of the Shahanshah. Moreover, the reform aimed to strengthen Zoroastrianism in lands bordering the Christian Orthodox Byzantium and Turks in the Caucasus. ...
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... holding Adurbadagan spahbed (general) and Adurbadagan amargar (financial or administrative officer) as well. The office of supreme military command (Isbahbadh) of Azerbaijan, with specially assigned Adurbadagan general (spahbed), was covered Adurbadagan, Arran (Caucasus Albania) and Armin (Arminyaya or Armenia) [12][13][14][15][16] (Fig. 4 and Fig. 5). The establishment of kust-i Adurbadagan with a specially assigned general was designed to improve the empire's military and defense capabilities and to strengthen the central power of the Shahanshah. Moreover, the reform aimed to strengthen Zoroastrianism in lands bordering the Christian Orthodox Byzantium and Turks in the Caucasus. ...

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