History of Barda includes the history of the Azerbaijani city of Barda from the medieval period to the present day. In ancient written sources, Barda is mentioned in different ways: Partav, Bakura (in the works of Claudius Ptolemy), Parda, Berda ("Kitabi Dede Gorgud"), Harum (in the poem "Iskender-Name" by Nizami Ganjavi), Firuzabad (in the works of Hamdallah Kazwini), etc. For the first time the city was studied by the Azerbaijani writer of the XX century Abdurahim-bek Ahverdiev.