
From the west - the high mountains of Karabakh called Kusbek, Salvarti, Erikli. From the north - the Goran River, which flows from the Yelizavetpol frontier of Karabakh to the Kur Riverr, crosses it in many parts and riches the Araz River. From the east - the Kur River, which flows into the Araz River in Javad village and flows into the Caspian Sea. At present the population of Gazah, Shamseddin and Demerchi-Hesenly lives near this bridge and Russian Tatars call it using the Russian term Krasniy Most that is the Red Bridge. When Karabakh khanate of Azerbaijan included this territory its regent Mirza Jamal Javanshir in consideration of this question in his work the "History of Karabakh" wrote: "According to the ancient historical books the frontiers of Karabakh are: from the south the river Araz - from Hudapharin Bridge to Sinig Bridge. Let us address ourselves to the origins in order to answer the question. What part of Azerbaijan does include Karabakh? The answer to this question of a high importance, and it is necessary to understand the problem of "Daghlig Garabagh" produced by the Armenians. When Karabakh is a topic of discussions, the question of the location of Karabakh arises at first. Thus, the word "Karabakh" belongs to Azerbaijani people as Karabakh does itself. From this point of view the term Karabakh gets such meanings as "gara bag" (dark garden), that is "boyuk bag" (a large garden), "six bag" (a dense garden), "galin bag" (a thick garden), "safali bag" (a picturesque garden) and others. Because the word "gara" has other meanings in Azerbaijani language (also in other Turkic languages) as well - such as "sih" (dense), "galin" (thick), "boyuk" (big, large), "tund" (strong), and others. The history of the formation of Garabagh as a name of one particular region, provides a better scientific explanation for its etymology. By the way, this aspect is very typical for Azerbaijan: Nakhchivan city - Nakhchivan region, Sheki city - Shaki region, Ganja city - Ganja region, Lenkoran city- Lenkoran region and etc.

At first, Karabakh was used as a historical-geographical definition, but it later transformed to cover a larger geographical area. The word Karabakh given by the Azerbaijan nation to a part of their native lands was used for the first time 1,300 years ago (in the 7th century)!?. The association of these two combined words with the definite part of Azerbaijan in every part of the world is an oracle. The combination of these two words is as ancient as the nation of Azerbaijan. The name of this inseparable part of Azerbaijan consists of two different Azerbaijani words: "gara" (black) and "bag" (garden).

Garabagh is one of the ancient regions of Azerbaijan. Ancient history: etymology, territory and borders
