Hasankale / Basen / Pasinler (archive: Center for Information and Documentation on Armenia / IDZA, Berlin) Located on the Arax (Araks; Trk.: Aras) River, Basen town is the site of Hasankale Castle. The area of Basen covers the western part of the ancient Armenian Ararat (Ayraratian) province. In ancient times, Basen covered a large area, including the entire Vanand province (Kars and Sarıkamış districts), which is called the Upper Basin. Later, this province was divided into Basen and Vanand, and then into separate ministries. Basin extended east of Karin (Erzurum), to the left of the Arax. Toponym One of several versions of the [...]
Archives: Regions
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Kaza Bayburt / Բաբերդ – Baberd / Papert / Παϊπούρτ(η) – Paypourt(i)
Ecumenical Genocide Memorial, Berlin: Commemorative Plate for Bayburt / Baberd / Papert Located in the north-eastern part of the Erzurum province, in the upper reaches of the Chorokh (Grk.: Akampsis; Trk.: Çoruh) River, which flows through the kaza with two sharp turns, absorbing the small tributaries of Chorak and Chuyiruh. Toponym The name of the citadel and seat of the later Ottoman kaza derive from the medieval Armenian Baytbert (Բայտբերդ). In Movses of Khoren‘s History of Armenia the town is being mentioned as Բայբերդ (Bayberd; Western Armenian: Paypert). Movses asserts that the city’s ancient name was Smbataberd (‘Fortress of Smbat’), in reference to [...]
Kaza Kiğı / Քղի – Kghi
Ecumenical Genocide Memorial, Berlin: Commemorative Plate for Kiğı / Քղի – Kghi The kaza’s territory was very mountainous and forested at some places. In the western part is the highest mountain, called Surb Luys (‘Holy Light’) in Armenian, which reaches the borders of Dersim. The mountain is famous for its caves. The Kghi river, a tributary of the Eastern Euphrates (Armenian: Aradzan; Grk.: Arsanias, Trk.: Murat) flows through the kaza. Kiğı’s fauna was rich. Kiğı had mines of salt, lead, iron and clay. Toponym “The Kogi/Kigi castle, which was the center of the Khordjayk (Խորճայք; Xorzanênê in the Byzantine spelling) province of ancient [...]
Kaza Hınıs / Խնուս – Khnus
Ecumenical Genocide Memorial, Berlin: Commemorative Plate for Hinis / Khnus The region of Khnus was located in the central part of the Armenian Highlands, occupying mainly the Khnus depression together with the Byurakn mountains on the western side, where two great rivers, famous in Armenian history, start from a common source, not more than 500 m apart: The Arax flows to the north, then to the east, and the Aradzan (Grk.: Arsanias, Trk.: Murat) to the south-west. The Khnus River, flowing from the north-west to the south-east was also known as the ‘Khnus Nile’: an underground river that, coming out of [...]
Kaza Erzurum
Ecumenical Genocide Memorial, Berlin: Commemorative Plate for Erzurum / Karin / Theodosioupolis Toponym Karin/Erzurum is one of the most ancient settlements of the Armenian Highlands. Its foundation is attributed to a king Karanni, who lived in the second half of the 2nd millennium B.C., from which the toponym ‘Karin’ originates. Armenian Population Before the First World War, 37,480 Armenians lived in 53 localities of the kaza of Erzurum, maintaining 43 churches, three monasteries and 52 schools with an enrolment of 6,355 children.[1] Erzurum (source: Center for Information and Documentation on Armenia /IDZA, Berlin) City of Erzurum – Կարնոյ քաղաք Erzurum is situated on the left bank of [...]