The Role and Place of the Middle Persian Language and Writing in Caucasian Albania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6133574 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Murtazali S Gadjiev (0000-0002-4592-0527, Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnology of the Daghestan Federal Research Center of RAS), Murtazali Serazhutdinovich Gadzhiev (Institute of History, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 59 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Vostok Afro-Aziatskie obshchestva istoriia i sovremennost (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0869-1908 • E-ISSN: 2713-0401 |
| Publisher | Institute of Oriental Studies Russian Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.31857/s086919080016630-0 |
| OpenAlex | W3210097470 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
A significant political influence of Sasanian Iran on Caucasian Albania gives reasons to consider the spread of the Middle Persian language and writing among the Albanian nobility and authorities. This process contributed by the existence of close dynastic ties between the Arsacids of Albania and the Sasanian royal family at least since from the reign of King Urnayr (ca. 350–375) up the abolition of Albanian kingdom at the beginning of the 6th century. Written sources provide the correspondence of the rulers of Albania, Armenia, Iberia with the Sasanians and the written decrees of the shāhanshāhs sent to the Transcaucasian provinces of Iran, which indirectly indicates the spread of the Middle Persian language and writing here. Currently, there are three known unique gem-seals that date back to the end of the 4th and the beginning of the 6th century and belonged to the representatives of higher secular and church authorities. These are the seals of the King of Albania Aswahen, Crown Prince Asay and the Great Catholicos of Albania and Balasakan. They are of great interest for the study of cultural and political ties between Sasanian Iran and Albania, Albanian sphragistics. The title inscriptions on these official seals are made in pārsīg (pahlavi), which shows the role of the Middle Persian languages and writing among the highest Albanian nobility and the highest Christian clergy of the country, clearly indicates the huge political and cultural influence of Sasanian Iran on the Caucasian Albania. These monuments of glyptics show that the Middle Persian language and writing had the official status in the Early Medieval Albania
Ancient history · Archaeology · Geography · Linguistics · Middle East · Nobility · Persian · Political science · Politics · Reign · Byzantine Studies and History · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |