Sason

Sason (Armenian: Սասուն Sasun, Sasoun; Kurdish: Qabilcewz from Arabic: قبل جوز‎; formerly known as Sasun, also spelled Sassoun) is a district in the Batman Province of Turkey. It was formerly part of the sanjak of Siirt, which was in Diyarbakır vilayet until 1880 and in Bitlis vilayet in 1892. Later it became part of Muş sanjak in Bitlis vilayet, and remained part of Muş until 1927. It was one of the districts of Siirt province until 1993.