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Ancient site· Besni, Adıyaman
Fortress of Kaysun
Keysun Kalesi
Fortress of Kaysun is a ancient site in Besni, Adıyaman.
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- Location
- 37.5613°N · 37.8560°E
Story
The fortress stands near the village of Çakırhüyük in Adıyaman, in rural southeastern Turkey; the village used to be named Keysun. It was a castle of the Crusader County of Edessa, held by the Armenian ruler Kogh Vasil together with neighbouring Raban. In 1116 King Baldwin II forced his adoptive son, Vasil Dgha, to renounce his domains. Joscelin I, Count of Edessa, had installed the Jacobite Patriarch of Antioch here. When the Danishmend Emir Gazi besieged the place in 1131, Joscelin was dying, yet he was carried on a litter ahead of his army to relieve it. On hearing that he was coming, the emir abandoned the siege.
This section was written from the record: Wikipedia (İngilizce)
Did you know
- The village beside the fortress changed its name from Keysun to Çakırhüyük.
- For a time the castle and neighbouring Raban were held by the same Armenian ruler, Kogh Vasil.
- During the 1131 siege the Jacobite Patriarch of Antioch was inside, installed there by Joscelin I of Edessa.
- What ended the siege was not a battle but the news that a dying count was approaching on a litter.
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