Bakur Heritage site
Kela Xoşabê
قەڵای خۆشاب
Hoşap Castle · A fortress on a crag above the Xoşab river south-east of Wan, rebuilt in 1643 by Sarî Silêman Beg of the Kurdish Mahmûdî emirate. Behind its round-towered gatehouse lay mosques, baths and hundreds of rooms — the finest surviving castle of the Kurdish emirates.
- Region
- Bakur
- Kind
- Heritage site
- English name
- Hoşap Castle
- Kurdish name
- Kela Xoşabê