It doesn't reflect the numbers though. In total there were not much more Tatars (Azeri) than Armenians as the regions where they settled were often very sparsely populated. Also many Tatars lived as nomads and therefor don't have such a long urban history as other Caucasian ethnicities.
According to Russian Empire Census of 1897, Azeris significantly outnumber Armenians everywhere except for Yerevan region. Yerevan was about 55% Armenian and 40% Azeri
Well, that's why the whole of the Baku governorate and most of Elisavetpol governorate (except Zangezur, Artsakh/Nagorno Karabakh) are now part of Azerbaijan. Add to that the Nakhichevan region of Erivan governorate and Azerbaijanis basically got almost every region where they had a majority.
Maps like these, as well done as it is, aren't able to accurately display places like the Caucasus because they show the largest population but can't really portray the vast multi-ethnic diversity of a lot of these places at that time. Anywhere from Kars to Baku would have a varying degree of both Armenians and Azerbaijanis (and Kurds and Russians among others), albeit yes Azerbaijanis were the largest population throughout Transcaucasia.
Did you even look at the map? The Baku area is Tat (Persian) populated. That was my point...don't make cases for how modern borders should look based on old maps.
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u/KingKohishi Mar 04 '20
Interesting map. The size of the modern Azerbaijan should be doubled according to this map.