The City of Bardaa, a study of its political conditions Economic and intellectual

Abstract

This study dealt with the history of the city of Bardaa, located in the Aran region, in which historical accounts differed in the origins of its naming by this name, as well as in its origin and builders. It was distinguished by its strategic geographical location, which was of great interest to many countries, which made it an important commercial center due to its location between the two rivers. It also occurred on the route of trade caravans passing from Persia to Armenia and Greece.

  The importance of the city increased after the Islamic conquest, as it became a base for the Islamic armies that conquered the countries of Armenia and Azerbaijan. They refortified it and paid great attention to it. They established in it an emirate’s house and a treasury, and they established a storehouse called Al-Jarahi, until it became as large as Umm Aran and the source of those lands. Then, it was soon exposed. The city of Barda'a was subjected to the invasion of the Russians, who killed all its people, in addition to the Khazar invasions that did not end, until the city was destroyed and became a village.