Historically, Gevaş was for some time the main town of the Armenian kingdom of Vaspurakan and later between the 14th and 15th centuries the centre of a small Kurdish emirate. In their time the settlement had moved nearer to the lake.
Historically, Gevaş was at one point the principal town of the Armenian kingdom of Vaspurakan and later between the 14th and 15th centuries the center of a small Kurdish emirate. In their time, the settlement had shifted closer to the lake.