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Malatya
Malatya is a center located on the western border of the geography inhabited by the Kurds; a source states that the Kurds extended from the west of the Şam region northwards to Malatya, a distance of twenty-seven days (Volume 2, p. 71). It is also recorded that Hesnaniyye was mentioned in the Bilad-ı Kerkar region (between Amed and Malatya) (Volume 2, p. 40).
In Malatya, in addition to Hısn’ül-Ekrad (Kurdish Castle), there was also an administrative structure named “Kaletu el-Ekrad” (Castle of the Kurds) (Volume 2, p. 75).
During the Ottoman period, Malatya was the subject of tahrir defters and Şer’iyye sicils (Volume 3, p. 3, 4); the Harput icmal defter numbered 264 is also among the Malatya records (Volume 3, p. 22). The region's waqfs provide important clues about the cultural and religious life of the Kurds (Volume 3, p. 23).
Sources
Kürt Tarihinin Kaynakları, Volume 2: İSLAMÎ DÖNEM COĞRAFYA VE SEYAHAT KİTAPLARI (2023)
Authors: İbrahim İbrahimî, Hakan Can
Pages: 40, 71, 75
Kürt Tarihinin Kaynakları, Volume 3: OSMANLI ARŞİV BELGELERİ
Authors: Hakî Kaya, Uğur Bayraktar, Şeyhmus Bingül, Hüseyin Siyabend Aytemur, Sinan Hakan
Pages: 3, 4, 22, 23
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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