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I haven't said anywhere that baku was founded by seljuqs and Baku was founded by turkic tribes, I just were answering your untrue claim that Baku was founded before turkic tribes came to Azerbaijan, and brought three sources that indicate that turkic tribes were in caucasus during the foundation of baku. so those alternative hypothesis have the right to be listed here. by the way why you were also removing hypothesis regarding lak origin of baku word? or laks were also somewhere far away when baku was founded? they are one of the oldest indigeneous people in the caucasus. you do not remove sources because of their ""unacademicism"" but because they contradict your worldview. Coming to your second claim, that turkic tribes never settled in the region, just look at three russian quotes i gave above. you are just pushing your pov by interpreting sources as you like.  "