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Bitlis
Bitlis is associated with the Bitlis-Siirt route in the localization of the ancient Niphates mountains (Volume 1, p. 48). In the early Islamic period, figures like Bâz, at the origin of the Mervânî dynasty, lived in the Bahismî Mountains between Bitlis-Hîzân and Siirt-Ma‘den (Volume 1, p. 129).
Sources often mention Bitlis together with Ahlat, Erciş, Muş, and partly Cezîre; in the description of "Fourth Armenia," Ahlat, Bitlis, Erciş, and Muş are counted (Volume 2, p. 59). Yakut al-Hamawi also mentions Zanjan, Erzen, Bitlis, Ahlat, and Hirtbirt together (Volume 2, p. 60); for a period, Bitlis, along with Mayyafariqin, Urfa, Ahlat, and Van, was gathered under a single administration (Volume 2, p. 64).
Sources report that Bitlis was a rich and fertile city in terms of woodlands and agricultural products, but that it lost its importance over time and turned into a small town (Volume 2, p. 97). Şeref Han, the author of Şerefnâme, one of the fundamental sources of Kurdish history, is referred to by the nisba Bitlisî (Volume 1, p. 211).
Sources
Kürt Tarihinin Kaynakları, Volume 1: ANTİKÇAĞ VE İSLAMÎ DÖNEM KAYNAKLARI (2023)
Authors: Muhammet Yücel, Abdurrahman Acar, Nevzat Keleş, Hakan Can, Yusuf Baluken, Bedrettin Basuğuy
Pages: 48, 129, 211
Kürt Tarihinin Kaynakları, Volume 2: İSLAMÎ DÖNEM COĞRAFYA VE SEYAHAT KİTAPLARI (2023)
Authors: İbrahim İbrahimî, Hakan Can
Pages: 59, 60, 64, 97
Sources are drawn from the series “Kürt Tarihinin Kaynakları” (Sources of Kurdish History). Series editors: Nurettin Beltekin, Serdar Şengül, Ercan Çağlayan.
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