GOBUSTAN’DA VİKİNG İZLERİ
Authors : Gürbüz Aktaş
Pages : 9-19
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Publication Date : 2013-03-11
Article Type : Research
Abstract :The area, known today as Azerbaijan, was known to the ancients as \"ATROPAT\" ATAR and PATAR. \"Atar\" means fire and \"Patar\" means nation in the ancient Pars (Farsi) language. When the words are joined, they mean the \"Nation of Fire\". This name was given to the region, according to the well-known Arab historian, Tabari, because of the great fire that was fed by natural gases coming out of the earth. Therefore, in remote antiquity, Azerbaijan was the holy land of the worshippers of the eternal fire, and the rich coast near Baku (the capital city) was the place of pilgrimage for many believers. (Altstadt, Audrey L., 1992.) The origin of Azerbaijani Turks is still somewhat controversial among historians despite that many resent historical studies have been present. Some relate them to Persians, some to Hun- Khazars who were called as Turks in time, according to Tabari. Russian and Azerbaijani historians relate Azeris to the Caucasian Albanians who might be the ancestors of Azeris. (Audrey L. Altstadt’s,) A well-known traveler Tur Heyerdal who finds a possible historical relationship between Norwegians and Azerbaijanis, claiming that both nations might share the historical relationship with Caucasian Albanias, has conducted an archeological research in Azerbaijan, especially, in the Gobustan caves and in Sheki region where Caucasian Albanians ruled until 9th century. The same Albanians according to historical traces that were found in old Caucasian Albanian ( present Caucasian areas) areas today thought to be related to the Vikings.Keywords : Gobustan, Music, Çeng