Hınıs

Hınıs (Kurdish: Xinûs,[1] Armenian: Խնուս, Khnus) is a town and district of Erzurum Province in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey. The population is 9,792 (as of 2010). Historical monuments in the town include the castle and the Ulu Cami Mosque, said to be built in 1734 by Alaeddin, the bey of Muş.[2] The town is populated by Kurds.[3]

Khnus region in the administrative-territorial division of the regions of Turkey occupied by Russian troops during World War I 1916-1917

References

  1. adem Avcıkıran (2009). Kürtçe Anamnez Anamneza bi Kurmancî (PDF) (in Turkish and Kurdish). p. 56. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  2. Sinclair, T.A. (1989). Eastern Turkey: An Architectural & Archaeological Survey, Volume I. Pindar Press. p. 289. ISBN 9780907132325.
  3. Bajalan, Djene Rhys. "Between Accommodationism and Separatism: Kurds, Ottomans and the Politics of Nationality (1839-1914)". University of Oxford: 186. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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