"[In Cotan] eveything is to be had there in plenty, including abundance of cotton, with flax, hemp, wheat, wine and the like. The people have vineyards and gardens and estates. They live by commerce and manufactures, and are no soldiers."..... 2008? 9? 1? ???, ?? 8:13:27 | rachel.is. Modern day name: Bayburt Other names: Baiburt, Bajert, Babert "At a castle called PAIPURTH, that you pass in going from Trebizond to Tauris, there is a very good silver mine. ...
Paipurth, or Baiburt, on the high road between Trebizond and Erzrum, was, according to Neumann, an Armenian fortress in the first century, and, according to Ritter, the castle _Baiberdon_ was fortified by Justinian. ...
