Arabs in the Caucasus
Arabs first established themselves in the Caucasus in the eighth century, during the Islamic conquests of the Middle East. The process of shrinking of the Caliphate in the tenth century was followed by the establishment of several Arab-ruled principalities in the region, chiefly the principality of Shirvan (most of present-day Azerbaijan and southeast part of Dagestan) ruled by the Mazyadid dynasty. As the rulers of Shirvan (known as Shirvanshahs) spread their control over much of the Southeast Caucasus and at the same time found themselves more and more isolated from the Arab world, they were undergoing gradual Persianisation. Arab personal names of the Shirvanshahs gave way to Persian ones, members of the ruling dynasty were claiming Ancient Persian descent (possibly having intermarried
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Arabs in the Caucasus
Arabs first established themselves in the Caucasus in the eighth century, during the Islamic conquests of the Middle East. The process of shrinking of the Caliphate in the tenth century was followed by the establishment of several Arab-ruled principalities in the region, chiefly the principality of Shirvan (most of present-day Azerbaijan and southeast part of Dagestan) ruled by the Mazyadid dynasty. As the rulers of Shirvan (known as Shirvanshahs) spread their control over much of the Southeast Caucasus and at the same time found themselves more and more isolated from the Arab world, they were undergoing gradual Persianisation. Arab personal names of the Shirvanshahs gave way to Persian ones, members of the ruling dynasty were claiming Ancient Persian descent (possibly having intermarried
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Arabs first established themse ...... rnorate of the Russian Empire.
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阿拉伯人最早在八世纪初期出现在高加索,当时伊斯兰哈里发阿卜杜 ...... 在阿塞拜然。一些生活在里海沿岸的木甘草原,信逊尼派伊斯兰教。
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Arabs first established themse ...... (possibly having intermarried
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阿拉伯人最早在八世纪初期出现在高加索,当时伊斯兰哈里发阿卜杜 ...... 在阿塞拜然。一些生活在里海沿岸的木甘草原,信逊尼派伊斯兰教。
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Arabs in the Caucasus
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阿拉伯裔高加索人
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