Thomas A. Carlson and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Adharbayjān — ܐܕܪܒܝܓܐܢ " in last modified June 30, 2014, http://syriaca.org/place/5 Adharbayjān Azerbaijan ܐܕܪܒܝܓܐܢ ܐܰܕܰܪܒܰܝܓܰܐܢ اذربيجان Azerbayjan أَذْرَبِيجَان A region west of the Caspian Sea, encompassing the modern country of Azerbaijan and the provinces of northwest Iran. ܩܠܺܝܡܐ ܪܘܺܝܚܐ ܕܡܶܬܬܰܚܰܡ ܗܘܳܐ ܒܝܰܡܐ ܕܩܳܙܒܝܢ ܠܡܰܕܢܚܐ ܘܰܒܝܰܡܬܐ ܕܘܰܐܢ ܠܡܰܥܪܒܐ اقليم واسع كان حدّه من بحر قزبين مشرقاً الى بحيرة وان مغرباً a vast territory whose boundaries extended from the Caspian Sea in the east to Lake Van in the west. Attestation of name أَذْرَبِيجَان in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. http://syriaca.org/place/5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan_(Iran) http://www.csc.org.il/db/browse.aspx?db=SB&sL=A&sK=Azerbaijan&sT=keywords The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage 11, 359, 422 Map II D1 ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 535-536 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 504 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 552 The Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity Azerbaijan Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī I:155