Bahasna is an ancient city that its ruins existing in current days. Although it was not knew the foundation date of city certainly in physically, there are a few consideration on its existing insomuch as ancient periods. But Bahasna which was a border city between İslamic world and Byzantine Empire, has not a strong role historically and correspondingly, it wasn’t founded place itself in contemporary sources. It must be noted this fact. Besides, Bahasna was displaced and relocated in another place that was close by ancient city and more safe from it at the end of 1950’s, because of various reasons about city safety. Tehere were lived various communities and exerted dominance a lot of political structures in Bahasna throughout history. The city that there was limited information about its pre-Islamic periods, was directed by Turks generally in Islamic era. There was no drawback to stay that the Bahasna’s political character peculiar to medieval age become integrated with Turkish presence. It’s current ruins consist of Ottoman and Mamluk’s traces testify this presence.
Özet
Behesni, günümüzde yalnızca harabeleri kalmış olan eski bir şehirdir. Fiziksel olarak ne zaman kurulduğu kesin olarak bilinmemekle birlikte, antik dönemlerden itibaren mevcut olduğu yönünde çeşitli görüşler bulunmaktadır. Ancak İslâm coğrafyası ile Bizans arasındaki sınır şehirlerinden biri olan Behesni’nin tarihsel olarak çok da güçlü bir role sahip olmadığını, buna bağlı olarak da kaynaklarda fazla yer bulamadığını not etmek gerekir. Bununla birlikte, şehir güvenliği ile ilgili çeşitli nedenlerinden dolayı 1950’li yılların sonunda yeri değişen ve eski yerinden çok da uzak olmayıp oradan daha güvenli bir yere taşınan Behesni’de tarih boyunca birçok topluluk yaşamış, birçok siyasî yapılanma hâkimiyet kurmuştur. İslâmiyetten önceki dönemi hakkında son derece kısıtlı veriler bulunan şehrin İslâmî dönemi, genel olarak Türk hâkimiyeti dönemidir. Bazı dönemlerde Ermeni ya da Haçlı kontrolü olsa da, şehrin ortaçağa özgü siyasî karakterinin Türk varlığı bütünleştiğini belirtmekte bir sakınca yoktur. Nitekim bugün mevcut olan harabelerin de gerek Memlûk gerek Osmanlı izlerini taşımakla bu tarihî varlığa şahitlik ettiği söylenebilir.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Behesni, Ermeniler, Memlûkler, Türkmenler, Keysum.
Abstract
Bahasna is an ancient city that its ruins existing in current days. Although it was not knew the foundation date of city certainly in physically, there are a few consideration on its existing insomuch as ancient periods. But Bahasna which was a border city between İslamic world and Byzantine Empire, has not a strong role historically and correspondingly, it wasn’t founded place itself in contemporary sources. It must be noted this fact. Besides, Bahasna was displaced and relocated in another place that was close by ancient city and more safe from it at the end of 1950’s, because of various reasons about city safety. Tehere were lived various communities and exerted dominance a lot of political structures in Bahasna throughout history. The city that there was limited information about its pre-Islamic periods, was directed by Turks generally in Islamic era. There was no drawback to stay that the Bahasna’s political character peculiar to medieval age become integrated with Turkish presence. It’s current ruins consist of Ottoman and Mamluk’s traces testify this presence.
Keywords: Bahasna, Armenians, Mamluks, Torcomans, Kokoussos.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Journal Section | Araştırma Makaleleri |
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Publication Date | October 27, 2014 |
Published in Issue | Year 2014 Volume: 11 Issue: 27 |
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