The new Turkic government in Azerbaijan was called the Atabey Government or State. Atabey means the father of beys (nobility title) in Azerbaijani.
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The Turkish title of atabeg (also atabek or atabey), meaning "father prince", was a hereditary title of the Turkish nobility.
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... finally the atabey of Persia, Zengi, who was the vassal of Jahan Pahlevan, arrested prince Muhammed and gave him to the great atabey of Azerbaijan.
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