{"slug": "azerbaijan-iran", "label": "Azerbaijan (Iran)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan_%28Iran%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274536", "qid": "Q274536", "description": "region in northwestern Iran", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [730, 1947], "span_label": ["730 CE", "1947 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}], "also_known_as": ["Adharbayjan"], "related": [{"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "khazars", "label": "Khazars", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ozbeg-khan", "label": "Özbeg Khan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "abbasid-caliphate", "label": "Abbasid Caliphate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kufa", "label": "Kufa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "qarmatians", "label": "Qarmatians", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 730, "year_label": "730 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 9", "text": "December 9 – Battle of Marj Ardabil: The Khazars under Barjik invade the provinces of Jibal and Adharybaydjian. He defeats an Umayyad army (25,000 men) at Ardabil (Iran), killing al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808684#Arabian_Empire", "title": "730", "revid": 1340808684, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 816, "year_label": "816 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Babak Khorramdin, Persian military leader, revolts against the Abbasid Caliphate in Azerbaijan (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340941190#Abbasid_Caliphate", "title": "816", "revid": 1340941190, "section": "Events › By place › Abbasid Caliphate"}}, {"year": 927, "year_label": "927 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 7", "text": "7 December – The Sajid emir of Adharbayjan, Yusuf ibn Abi'l-Saj is defeated and captured by the Qarmatians near Kufa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341517107#Asia", "title": "927", "revid": 1341517107, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 1312, "year_label": "1312 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 13", "text": "October 13 – Özbeg Khan, the Mongol ruler of much of Russia, demands that the Middle East Mongol ruler Öljaitü cede to him the Azerbaijan territory of modern-day Iran.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362487312#October_–_December", "title": "1312", "revid": 1362487312, "section": "Events › October – December"}}, {"year": 1946, "year_label": "1946 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 12", "text": "December 12 – Iran crisis of 1946: Iranian troops recapture the Azerbaijan province.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372058859#December", "title": "1946", "revid": 1372058859, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1947, "year_label": "1947 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 12", "text": "December 12 – The Iranian Royal Army takes back power in the Azerbaijan province.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371901060#December", "title": "1947", "revid": 1371901060, "section": "Events › December"}}]}