ASHINA AND AZERBAIJAN

Abstract

In this article, the attempts his object to establish the origin and ancestral home of the "500 Ashina families", that came to Altai and founded Great Turkic khanate in the VI-VIII centuries. For this purpose he uses the facts contained in Lev Gumilyev’s book "Ancient Turks", in comparison with the historic-linguistic materials on the Front Asia and ancient Azerbaijan.

The legend of Ashina speaks about them as the newcomers " from west of western country". The
"Western country" is the western turkic khanate up to the Caspian Sea, and west of this "West" is, naturally, Azerbaijan.
Turkic governors beared a title "Mugan", and Mugan was the territory of Midian priests, northern
and southern Azerbaijan.
Turkuts received the name "Turk" not at all in Altai. It is known that the tribe “turukki” lived in Azerbaijan
as far back as the III century B.S.
The Turkuts put on a cap with sharp edges. One part of Azerbaijan saks was named as "Saks-klobuks" (VIII century B.S.).
The small number among the aborigenals of this territory, and their naming as resettlers and refugees also show that the Ashinas were newcomers to Altai.
The known toponyms and hydronyms - Altai, Каshgаr, Kur, Urmiya, Azikh and others traces back to the
Front Asia, to Azerbaijan. In this connection the Turkic historisms such as “yandi”, “baga”, “irgen”, “tengri” and
others were analysed as well. The words denoting titles and linked with the name of Allah thad used in the I millennium of AD in the Middle Asia were known from the III millennium of B.S. in the Front Asia.