Armenian Population In the Middle Ages the town Behesni was entirely inhabited by Armenians. According to the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, there lived 4,550 Armenians in eight localities of the kaza, maintaining four churches and four schools for 330 children.(1) One third of the kaza’s Armenian population, 3,750 residents, lived in its administrative seat, “while roughly 800 Armenians inhabited seven other localities: Kesun, Surfaz, Şamboyad, Pelvere, Raban Ovase, and Hoçgaşi.“(2) Armenian Settlements in the kaza Besni / Behesni Behseni (Besni, administrative seat), Belveren (Beleren; Pelvere), Tut, Khoshkashi (Hoçgaşi), Shambayad (Şamboyad; Shan Beydi), Sarap, Surfaz (Sofraz), Pervari (Belveru), Kesun (Keysun).(2) History The region belonged to Lesser Armenia [...]
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Kaza Hisnimansur / Hisnmansur / Hüsnimansur / Hasanmansur / Adıyaman
Toponym The Arab place-name Hisn(i)mansur (‘Fortress Mansur’; Trk: Hüsnimansur, Hasanmansur), which was officially used until 1926, derives from the Umayyad commander Mansur bin Cavana (d. 758). In Antiquity and the Byzantine period, the toponym Perr(h)e (Grk.: Πέρρη; Pordonnium) was used. Perr(h)e (at times Antiocheia on the Taurus) was one of the four important ancient cities in the Kingdom of Commagene. The relics of Perr(h)e are now located in the district of Örenli, the former village of Pirin (also Pirun), in the north of the city of Adıyaman. The Kurdish name Semsûr was adapted from Hisnimansur. The origin of the Turkish placename [...]
Kaza Kahta / Kyakhta
Toponym and Administration Located at the foot of Mount Nemrut, Kahta’s origins go back to the famous castle Arsameia (Armenian: Arshamashen) ad Nymphaios (Trk.: Kahta Çayı; Cendere). Today the Arsameia Castle is known as Eski Kale near Eski Kahta, not to be confused with Arsameia ad Euphrates, or modern-day Gerger. In the Middle Ages, Arsameia at the Nymphaios was known as Gakhtai or Kakhta. The name Gakhtai is first seen in 12th century World Chronicle of Patriarch Michael the Syrian (Syriac: ܡܺܝܟ݂ܳܐܝܶܠ ܪܰܒ݁ܳܐ, Michael the Great; Michael Syrus, or Michael the Elder, born 1126 in Melitene / Malatya)[1], which is the [...]
Kaza Arga / Ar(r)ha / Akçadağ / Աղջադաղ – Aghdjadagh
Although the Armenian population in this kaza was small (1,691) and limited to five localities(1), one of the main routes through which Armenians were deported from the north and west passed through this administrative unit.[2] For a short period, the kaymakam of Arga (Ar(r)ha), Vasfi Bey, represented the mutesarrif of the sancak Malatya, which is why the German missionary and deputy director of the Bethesda Mission Station in Malatya addressed his intervention of 9 June 1915 in favor of arrested Armenian notables to him (see below). Hans Bauernfeind did not receive a reply. “Kirk Göz Bridge, which the Armenians deported from [...]
Kaza Malatya / Μελιτηνή – Melitene / Մալաթիա – Malat’ia / ܡܠܝܛܝܢܐ Malīṭīná
Ecumenical Genocide Memorial, Berlin: Commemorative plate for Malatya / Melitene Փոքր Հայք – Pok’r Hayk’: Lesser Armenia Lesser Armenia (Armenia Minor; Armenian: Pok’r Hayk’) was the portion of historic Armenia and the Armenian Highlands lying west and northwest of the river Euphrates. It received its name to distinguish it from the much larger eastern portion of historic Armenia—Great(er) Armenia (or Armenia Maior). ( Coin of Tigran(es) II (The Great), mint Antioch (Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com) Marble bust of the Pontos Greek King Mithridates VI Eupator with lion head (Copyright: University of Göttingen; http://viamus.uni-goettingen.de/pages/imageView/big?Object.Id:record:int=991) During the 2nd and 3rd centuries B.C. Armenia Minor continued to [...]