Barda is a city and the capital of the Barda District in Azerbaijan, located south of Yevlax and on the left bank of the Tartar river. It served as the capital of Caucasian Albania by the end of the 5th-century. Barda became the chief city of the Islamic province of Arran, the classical Caucasian Albania, remaining so until the tenth century.
Landmarks of Barda, from top left: Imamzadeh Mausoleum • Barda Mausoleum Ancient bridge • State Art Gallery Barda Juma Mosque • Barda Sports Center Sabir Garden Park
Alexander the Great in Nushabah-s Pavilion in Barda. Nizami Ganjavi
Caucasian Albania is a modern exonym for a former state located in ancient times in the Caucasus, mostly in what is now Azerbaijan. The modern endonyms for the area are Aghwank and Aluank, among the Udi people, who regard themselves as descended from the inhabitants of Caucasian Albania. However, its original endonym is unknown.
Caucasian Albania until 387
A column capital with an Albanian inscription from a 7th-century church in Mingachevir (Azerbaijan State Museum of History)
The ruins of the gates of the Albanian capital Qabala
Roman inscription in Gobustan, Baku, left by Legio XII Fulminata