Balasagan

Balasagan, also known as Bazgan, was a province of the Sasanian Empire. Its name is an Iranian toponym meaning "country of Balas." Located in the area of the Kura and Aras rivers, adjacent to the Caspian Sea, it bordered Atropatene/Adurbadagan and Gilan to the south. The region roughly corresponded to the Armenian province of Paytakaran, extending farther north. Its heartland was the Dasht i-Bałasakan, or Balasagan plain, which corresponds to the Mughan plain. During the late Sasanian era, Balasagan was included in the northern quadrant of Adurbadagan.