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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From Sasanian Adurbadagan to Modern Azerbaijan: Historical Background and Developments, Resent Trends in Arts and Social Studies, Chapter 8, B P International, London, Kolkata, 2023: pp116-136

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The author discusses the historical background of the origin of modernAzerbaijan divided by the Araz river into southern or Iranian and northern or theindependent Republic of Azerbaijan. The author analyzes the application of theSasanian name Adurbadagan to both sides of modern Azerbaijan. He believesthat the name Azerbaijan originates from the Ave...

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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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