Gesaria (Kayseri) and Its Surroundings
This is an English rendition Mardiros Balaian's iconic map of the Gesaria [Kayseri] region circa 1915 in A. Alboyajian, Badmoutiun Hay Gesario [Պատմութիւն Հայ Կեսարիոյ], (Hagop Papazian Press, Cairo, 1937). Comp. and ed. by Ara Sarafian, 2022.
When reproducing this late Ottoman era map, we coloured Armenian inhabited settlements in red, added two villages that were not identified on the original Armenian map (Sazak and Olouk, both Armenian inhabited), and corrected the name and location of one other location (Tashkhan, Armenian inhabited).
Regarding transliterations, we have rendered the Armenian letters in English, as follows:
ը=u [ı]
ու=ou [u]
ճ=j [c]
չ/ջ=ch [ç]
ժ=zh
This map complements our publications on the Gesaria (Kayseri) region:
Senekerim Khederian, A Brief History of Nirze Village in Gesaria, transl. from Armenian with annotations and introduction by Gerard J. Libaridian, London: Gomidas Institute, 2021.
My Dear Son Garabed, I Read Your Letter, I Cried, I Laughed: Kojaian Family Letters from Efkere/Kayseri to America (1912-1919), transcrıbed and translated into English from Armeno-Turkish by H. Şükrü Ilıcak with English and Turkish introductions by Jonathan Varjabedian and H. Şükrü Ilıcak, London: Gomidas Institute, 2021
Haroutiun Barootian, Reminiscences from Tomara's Past, London and Reading: Taderon Press, 2007