An Armenian family, taken about 1910 in Mazira, Harpert, Turkey.

An Armenian family, taken about 1910 in Mazira, Harpert, Turkey.

Portraits.; Armenians.;

The town is 1067 meters above sea level. Location was called, prior to the foundation of the city, as Mezra by the Turkish, Zaza , and Kurdish -speaking inhabitants of the region, which simply means "the hamlet." "Mezra" still remains the Kurdish name of the city today. An ancient town and citadel called Kharput (or Harput; Armenian: Kharpert ), which means "rocky fortress," was built by the first Armenian kings about three miles from modern Elazig. The vilayet Kharput was founded in 1888, being the result of a provincial rearrangement, designed to ensure better control over the disturbed districts of Kurdistan.

1910 ca.

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