Mughan plain

Mughan plain (Azerbaijani: Muğan düzü, مغان دوزو; Persian: دشت مغان, romanized: Dasht-i Mughān) is a plain stretching from northwestern Iran to the southern part of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The highest density of irrigation canals is in the section of the Mughan plain which lies in the Republic of Azerbaijan.

[1] The Mughan plain consists of five cities: Bilehard, Parsabad, Jafarabad, Germi and Aslan Duz.

The ancient settlement of Alikomektepe, dating to c. 5000 BC, is located in the Mughan plain and covers an area of over 1 hectare.

Mughan was a province of the Abbasid Caliphate, in present-day Iranian Azerbaijan.

Russian map from 1823
Ancient pottery from Alikomektepe, c. 5000–4500 BC
Russian settlers in the Mughan steppe of Azerbaijan , photographed by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky between 1905 and 1915