Kaysun
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The Fortress of Kaysun is located near the town of Çakırhüyük in the Adıyaman Province
of rural southeastern Turkey
. The fortress was a stronghold of the crusader County of Edessa
. In 1131, the Danishmend
Gümüshtigin
besieged the place. Joscelin I
, Count of Edessa, hastened to relieve the defenders and died somewhere in the vicinity.
Adiyaman Province
Adıyaman Province is a province in south-central Turkey. The province was created in 1954 out of part of Malatya Province. Area 7,614 km². Population 590,935 , up from 513,131 in 1990. The capital is Adıyaman....
of rural southeastern Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. The fortress was a stronghold of the crusader County of Edessa
County of Edessa
The County of Edessa was one of the Crusader states in the 12th century, based around Edessa, a city with an ancient history and an early tradition of Christianity....
. In 1131, the Danishmend
Danishmends
The Danishmend dynasty was a Turcoman dynasty that ruled in north-central and eastern Anatolia in the 11th and 12th centuries. The centered originally around Sivas, Tokat, and Niksar in central-northeastern Anatolia, they extended as far west as Ankara and Kastamonu for a time, and as far south as...
Gümüshtigin
Gazi Gümüshtigin
Emir Gazi Gümüshtigin was the second ruler of the Danishmend state which his father Danishmend Gazi had founded in central-eastern Anatolia after the Battle of Manzikert. He is sometimes called Emir Ghazi II....
besieged the place. Joscelin I
Joscelin I, Count of Edessa
Joscelin of Courtenay , Prince of Galilee and Lord of Turbessel and Count of Edessa , ruled over the County of Edessa during its zenith, from 1118 to 1131...
, Count of Edessa, hastened to relieve the defenders and died somewhere in the vicinity.