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In the northern Azerbaijan territory of Araz IV-VIII BC. In ancient and medieval sources, which have been available for centuries, Albaniya, Aran, Rani, and scientific literature, the work "Albaniya History" has a special place among the sources that provide information about the historical geography, population, ethno-cultural environment of Azerbaijan, which relates to the ancient Azerbaijani state period which passed as the Caucasus Albania. The work is the only local source of the early Middle Ages of Azerbaijan and in this regard it is a valuable source for the study of the medieval Azerbaijani ethnic traditions. The article explores the traces of the early medieval Azerbaijani ethnography, ethno-cultural and language characteristics of Albania's history. The Turkish population in Azerbaijan, which is one of the oldest settlements of Turkish peoples, has become even more rich with the Huns, Bulgarian, Savir, Onogur, Barsil, Kıpçak, Hazar, which flow to these lands from the first centuries of the milad, along with the indigenous peoples of time to time. "Albaniya History" provides information about the historical-geographical, social, economic, political, religious-ideological situation of Albania; it also provides information about the flow of the Huns, Barsil, Onogur, Khazarian peoples to Azerbaijan as well as their beliefs and traditions. The source, in addition to detailing the events that occurred in Early Middle Ages Azerbaijan, MS I. From the century to the century, the Huns, Barsil, Onogur, Hazar and their religious beliefs, which have flown here, provide comprehensive information about their traditions. The work of the VII. Moses Kalankatuklu lived in the Caucasus Albania in the century. As a witness to many events in the period, most of the information in the book is based on the author’s own observations. In this context, his remarks are of great importance in the early Middle Ages’ ethnic and cultural narrative of Azerbaijan, especially in the discovery of the traditions of the ancient Turkish lengths spread to Azerbaijan during this period and the traces that extend to this day. The work contains mythological, ethnographic, religious, political, historical information about the early Middle Ages; the processes of settlement and dissemination of ancient Turkish dimensions in Azerbaijan, Turkish-born toponyms, personal names, the war status and characteristics of the Turks. In the source, the settlements of the Turkish peoples who fled to Azerbaijan from the first centuries, the religious attitudes, the rituals, and the settlements in these territories were described with all the details. From this point of view, the work helps to analyze the elements related to the ancient Turkish language and life, and at the same time to reveal the ancient Turkish traces preserved in the beliefs and traditions of the people of Azerbaijan. This ancient Albanian source is considered a primary source to explore the history of ancient Turkish peoples in the Caucasus, including Azerbaijan. In the study, the former Turkish peoples, place and person names, information about military ranges, the Turkish lengths spread to Azerbaijan in the early Middle Ages, the ethno-cultural environment in Azerbaijan at this stage, the ethno-cultural and linguistic connections of the Hun-Hazar-Azerbaijan, the reflections of the ancient Hun traditions in the Azerbaijani mythology were studied. In addition, on the basis of the information obtained from the history of Albania, comparisons have been made to identify traces of ancient Hun traditions in the Azerbaijani people's beliefs.