Hamur

Hamur

The known history of Hamur, the youngest and smallest district of Ağrı, dates back to B.C. It dates back to the 14th Century. Hamur, which was the scene of Huri, Persian, Byzantine, Arab Monument and Byzantine civilizations respectively, became the land of the Turks after the Battle of Manzikert. Later, the dominance of the Harzemshahs, Ilkhans, Karaçobans, Altınordus, Celayirs and Karakoyunlus was detected in the region. Hamur, which was the strongest castle of the upper Murat region at that time, came under the rule of the Mongols after Timur's invasion of Anatolia, but after the Battle of Eleşkirt in 1421, it was saved from the Timur invasion and came under the rule of the Karakoyunlu. The region was dominated by the Akkoyunlular in 1467 and the Safavids in 1502. Shahismail forced the artificial tribes in the region to migrate and settled the Pozuklu Tribe, which adopted Shiism, in the region. During the Ottoman - Shafawi Wars, which started in 1478, provincial soldiers loyal to Van Beylerbeyi Köse Hüsrev Pasha expelled the Pozuklu clan and the Iranian forces protecting them and left the Hamur region to Ottoman territory in 1578. Hamur, which was a township first attached to the Van province during the Ottoman rule, and then to the Doğubeyazıt sanjak of the Erzurum province after the administrative division in 1864, was invaded by the Russians in 1915 and was liberated from the Russian occupation on 14 APRIL 1918. Hamur, which was a township within the Beyazıt province before the Republic period, was connected to Ağrı in 1927 when Ağrı became a province, and became a district on April 1, 1958, with the law no. 7033.