Shirvan

This article is about the historical region in Azerbaijan. For the city, see Şirvan, Azerbaijan. For other places, see Shirvan (disambiguation).
For the history of the area prior to the late Sassanid and early Islamic era, see Caucasian Albania

Shirvan (from Classical Persian شروان Shirwān or شیروان Shīrwān [Iranian Persian: شروان Shervân or شیروان Shirvân]; Azerbaijani: Şirvan; Tat: Şirvan) is a historical region in the eastern Caucasus, as known both during the pre-Islamic Sasanian Era and the early Islamic period. Today, the region is an industrially and agriculturally developed part of the Republic of Azerbaijan that stretches between the western shores of the Caspian Sea and the Kura River, centered on the Shirvan Plain.


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