According to Azerbaijani sources, 10,000 cavalrymen were deployed in these lowlands during the reign of Sassanid shah (king) Khosrow I.

Forests have many animals, including deer, bears, boars, goats, wolves, etc.

[5] The Persian historian Hamdullah Qazvini wrote that the medieval urban settlement of Bilasuvar was established by the emir of Buveyhi, Pilasuvar in the 10th century, and was hence named after him.

[6] The name in Turkic means pure water falls, due to the area's numerous rivers, though given the largely flat terrain the reference to waterfalls is somewhat misleading.

After the collapse of the USSR in 1991, it returned to its historic name and was renamed Bilasuvar District.

In the city of Bilasuvar ruins of Icheri Aghdam village and the Shahriyar, fortress were found.

Main economic activities are livestock breeding, grain, and cotton cultivation.