Utik

Utik (Armenian: Ուտիք, romanized: Utik’), also known as Uti, was a historical province and principality within the Kingdom of Armenia. It was ceded to Caucasian Albania following the partition of Armenia between Sassanid Persia and the Eastern Roman Empire in 387 AD. Most of the region is located within present-day Azerbaijan immediately west of the Kura River, while a part of it lies within the Tavush province of present-day northeastern Armenia. It spread across the plains on the right bank of the Kura River and the northeastern mountainous regions of the Armenian Highlands, occupying the territory stretching from the Aghstev River to the confluence of the Kura and Aras rivers. In the north and east, it bordered Caucasian Albania along the Kura River; in the west, it bordered Gugark along the watershed of the Debed and Aghstev rivers; in the northwest, it bordered Ayrarat and Syunik along the Mrghuz and Sevan mountain ranges; in the southwest, it bordered Artsakh; and in the south, it bordered Paytakaran along the Aras River.