Caspian Cross (Azerbaijan) Introduction . The name Azerbaijan has three versions of interpretation: the first version is based on the Ancient Assyrian words Aderbaythen (House of (god) Ader), where Ader - the Kassites and Assyrian name of god of fire, Baythe is the house; the second version is based on the Median words Athurpatakan (Athur - "fire", patakan - "keeper"; the third version (according to "Oghuzname") is based on Old Turkic words Khazarbaijan (Khazar - "land", baijan - "welthy", or "noble"). The word Khazar means "land" also in Mongolian, but it is spelled as Gazar ("Ystoria Mongalorum" by Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, written in the 1240). It should be noted that the various versions of the same name are attempts to own the name by various dynasties, which happened to rule in Azerbaijan. Just like the name Iran, which was politicized by various historians with Pan-Persianist agen...
Critical Data Analysis of History of Azerbaijan and Iran