The former town of Hoşap lay on the flat ground north of the castle rock and in the enclosed space on the opposite side of the castle from the road; the present village extends into this space. The town was defended at one corner by the castle and elsewhere by a wall, which originally started from the ends of the castle’s two cliffs. Built of mud, and toothed with the remains of mud battlements, the wall of the early Ottoman period can still be seen in stretches.
On the north of the former town it now starts from a point beyond but the line of the cliff, near the Van road and extends along a natural ridge eastwards. From the castle’s southerly cliff the wall crosses the low saddle to the north-east. The two walls meet at the summit of the next hill, in order to keep control of all the land commanding the town. Beyond this hill’s summit stretches a seemingly empty expanse of low, spreading hills.
Until the '50s of the 19th century, the fortress-city of Khoshab had about 1,500 families, including 1,000 Armenians. Until 1847, semi-independent Kurdish beys also resided there, but in the same year the Ottoman government, occupying the fortress, abolished their semi-independent rule.
Further reading
Castle Sevgen, AK.I.137-46; Goodwin 188. Hist.: Evliya, Üçdaş ed., IV.1297-8; Arakel of Tabriz, tr. Brosset, 502, 510-14.
hoşap, castle, this, article, includes, list, general, references, lacks, sufficient, corresponding, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, april, 2015, learn, when, remove, this, template, message, turk. This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations April 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Hosap Castle Turkish Hosap kalesi Kurdish Kela Xosebe Armenian Խոշաբ բերդ is a large medieval castle located in the village of Guzelsu previously Hosap Gurpinar District Van Province Eastern Anatolia Northern Kurdistan and or Western Armenia Turkey It is at a distance of approximately 50 km to the city center of Van Most of the surviving structure was built in 1643 by Sari Suleyman Bey chief of the Kurdish Mahmudi tribe 1 Hosap or Xosabe means beautiful water in Kurdish 2 Fortress received its name from the river of the same name 3 Hosap Castle The former town of Hosap lay on the flat ground north of the castle rock and in the enclosed space on the opposite side of the castle from the road the present village extends into this space The town was defended at one corner by the castle and elsewhere by a wall which originally started from the ends of the castle s two cliffs Built of mud and toothed with the remains of mud battlements the wall of the early Ottoman period can still be seen in stretches On the north of the former town it now starts from a point beyond but the line of the cliff near the Van road and extends along a natural ridge eastwards From the castle s southerly cliff the wall crosses the low saddle to the north east The two walls meet at the summit of the next hill in order to keep control of all the land commanding the town Beyond this hill s summit stretches a seemingly empty expanse of low spreading hills Until the 50s of the 19th century the fortress city of Khoshab had about 1 500 families including 1 000 Armenians Until 1847 semi independent Kurdish beys also resided there but in the same year the Ottoman government occupying the fortress abolished their semi independent rule Further reading EditCastle Sevgen AK I 137 46 Goodwin 188 Hist Evliya Ucdas ed IV 1297 8 Arakel of Tabriz tr Brosset 502 510 14 Hovhannesean Castles 304 6 17th amp 18th century Jaubert Voyage 362 3 Layard Nineveh and Babylon 385 386 7 desc Berkian Thesis 159 61 Bridge Culpan Tas Kopruler 175 6 Goodwin 188 amp fig 181 Thesis on munumentsmentioned SanTarYil 3 1969 70 270 Sinclair T A 1987 Eastern Turkey An Architectural and Archeological Survey London The Pindar Press p 212 215 Gallery Edit References Edit Verity Campbell Turkey 2007 724 pages page 643 ISBN 1 74104 556 8 Diana Darke 2011 Eastern Turkey Bradt Travel Guides pp 289 ISBN 978 1 84162 339 9 Forteresse de Hosap a Guzelsu 38 19 02 N 43 48 06 E 38 317146 N 43 801718 E 38 317146 43 801718 38 19 01 N 43 48 06 E 38 31694 N 43 80167 E 38 31694 43 80167 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hosap Castle amp oldid 1155527163, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
