Palu

Who holds it

Name

Imad al-Din Abu Bakr (not pinned)

Title

Emir of Harput

Since

not pinned

Family

Artuqid

Confidence

low

Palu was part of the Cubukid lordship with Harput and the Artuqid Belek's centre in 1112-1124; its holder in 1200 is taken to be Harput's emir.

Lord in 1200

Taken to be Abu Bakr of Harput (not pinned).

How things stand that morning

Harput's (not pinned).

Charter

None: a lord's town, not a commune.

Council

No council recorded; the lord's governor (shihna or subashi) and the judge (qadi).

Communities

Armenians and Muslims; not recorded.

Fairs and markets

None recorded for 1200.

Militia

The lord's garrison in the citadel.

Walls and castle

Castle on the rock above the river.

Trade and crafts

River crossing; farming.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: No source for 1200.

On the map: Point only.

Primary sources for Harput

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• The Anonymous Syriac Chronicle to 1234, Anonymous (a Syrian Orthodox writer, probably of Edessa) (about 1234 to 1240). An Edessene chronicle independent of Michael the Syrian in its later part, with a secular section reaching 1234 that gives the Jazira, Edessa, Harran, Mardin and Melitene about 1200 under al-Adil's sons and the Artuqids, the Seljuks of Rum, the Armenians of Cilicia and the Franks of Antioch, and a church section to 1207 on the Jacobite succession after Michael's death in 1199. Read online
• The Chronicle of Michael the Syrian (Michael the Great), Michael the Syrian, patriarch of Antioch 1166 to 1199 (about 1180 to 1195). The Jacobite patriarch's world chronicle, in parallel columns of church, secular and miscellaneous events, ending four years before 1200 and shortly before his own death on 7 November 1199, which left the Syrian Orthodox church with a disputed succession in 1200. Read online
• The Cream of the History of Aleppo, Kamal al-Din Ibn al-Adim (about 1240 to 1260). The annals of Aleppo. Read online