Sawran

Sawran may refer to:

Sawran (Kazakhstan)

Coordinates: 43°30′55″N 67°46′7″E / 43.51528°N 67.76861°E / 43.51528; 67.76861

Sawran or Sauran (Kazakh: Сауран, [sɑwˈrɑn]) is an ancient city located 43 kilometres (27 mi) north-west of the city of Turkistan in Southern Kazakhstan.

Sawran, Syria

Sawran (also spelled Suran, Soran or Sawwaran) is a town 22 kilometers north of Aleppo in northern Syria. It is the administrative centre of the Nahiya Sawran in the Azaz District of the Aleppo Governorate. Nearby localities include A'zaz to the west, al-Harjalah to the north, Dabiq to the southeast, Mare' to the south and Tell Rifaat to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Sawran had a population of 6,988 in the 2004 census.

The Islamist terror group ISIS took control of the town on 31 May 2015.

History

Sawran's history dates back to the Iron Age when it was an Aramaean settlement in the Kingdom of Bit Adini known as "Surunu." In a military campaign against Bit Adini's king Ahuni, the Neo-Assyrian king Shalmaneser III raided and captured Surunu. It later came under the rule of Assyrian king Tiglath Pileser III.

During the Byzantine era in Syria, Sawran was inhabited by the Arab tribe of Tanukh. Before the Muslim conquest it served an Arab Christian center and contained a fortified monastery. During early Islamic rule, Sawran was part of Jund Qinnasrin ("Military District of Chalcis"), part of the larger Bilad al-Sham province.