Fortress of Kaysun

Fortress of Kaysun
Adıyaman Province, Turkey
Fortress of Kaysun
Coordinates	37°34′N 37°51′E
Type	Fortress

The Fortress of Kaysun (Turkish: Keysun Kalesi) is located near the village of Çakırhüyük, which used to be named Keysun, in the Adıyaman Province of rural southeastern Turkey.^[1]

History

The fortress was a stronghold of the crusader County of Edessa, in which it was governed by Armenian ruler Kogh Vasil along with neighboring Raban. In 1116, King Baldwin II forced his adoptive son, Vasil Dgha, to renounce his domains.^[2]

In 1131, the Danishmend Emir Gazi besieged the place in which Joscelin I, Count of Edessa, had installed the Jacobite Patriarch of Antioch. Though Joscelin was dying at that time, he was carried on a litter ahead of his army to relieve the castle. Upon hearing news of Joscelin's approach, Emir Ghazi abandoned the siege.^[3]

References

1. Köy Köy Türkiye Yol Atlası (Istanbul: Mapmedya, 2006), map 171.
2. Runciman 1989, p. 129.
3. Runciman 1989, p. 185.

Sources

• Runciman, Steven (1989). A History of the Crusades, Volume II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East, 1100-1187. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-06162-8.

External links

• About Keysun