GOBUSTAN’DA VİKİNG İZLERİ

Yıl 2012, Sayı: 2, 9 - 19, 11.03.2013

Gürbüz Aktaş

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TRACES OF VIKINGS in GOBUSTAN (A Shared History of Norwegians and Azerbaijanis)

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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.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Gobustan, Music, Çeng

Kaynakça

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