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Kuba also Quebah, Cuba, Guba etc....
Kuba was a Khanate of Persia (a Khanate is equivalent to a state or region in the old Persian system. Kaffel dates the transfer of Kuba to the Czarist Russians to 1806.
How old then is the city of Kuba? In Early Caucasian Rugs Charles Grant Ellis quotes the Encyclopedia of Islam that Kuba "did not exist until C, 1750. Early Caucasian Rugs page 10. I have heard the same from John Wertime discounting Kuba because it was not established until the mid 18th century. (Conversation at Hajji Baba meeting at Wendell Swan's house with Wertime) The problem with this is that the United States Embassy confirmes the existance of a 16th-century fortress that dominates the city of Kuba. US Embassy Baku Additionally in the Khanalyg suburb of Kuba there is a 9-th century A.D. Zoroastrian temple. http://geo.ya.com/travelimages Quba.html Obvviously Kuba was a population center well before 1750. How the Encyclopedia of Islam managed to be so wrong is an open question however since I just finished writing part of the Encyclopedia of Modern Asia (Scribners late 2002) I will note that any Encyclopedia is only as good as its authors and editors.
Kuba is the language of a subgroup of the Lezgians and Kuba (Quba) is a dialect that is rather distinct from Lezgi. Ethnologue: Azerbaijan.
* Kuba Also Quba, and Quebah.
* Kuba is both a city and an area and in previous times it was a Khanate. It is south of Derbend and the area takes in the lowland Azeri speakers.
* Kuba also refers to those people who speak Kuba as their milk language.
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o "While a 16th-century fortress dominates this town, most people go to Quba to see the hundreds of apple orchards. In the spring, the area is fragrant with the scent of apple blossoms. The town is also a center of carpet making -- tour a plant or do some shopping (Azerbaijanis will tell you that Quba's rugs are the best in the region). Along with Sumgait, Quba is generally seen as part of a long day trip from Baku. 100 mi./165 km northwest of Baku. " http://www.usembassybaku.org/post/city.htm
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