Russian archeologist and linguist Vsevolod Miller believes that a large Jewish population formerly existed in that part of Media which was later called "Atturpatakan," and which is at present known under the name of "Azerbaijan," and that this country was probably the cradle of the Caucasian Jews. He thinks that they have preserved the old Semitic type to a more marked degree than the European Jews.
Ḥasdai ben Isaac, in his letters to the king of the Khazars (about 960), says that, according to a tradition, the Khazars formerly lived in the mountains of Seir (
Serir in the eastern Caucasus). Miller is of the opinion that the Jews of Dagestan originated in Azerbaijan.
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