The fortress of Hines is located to the South of Erzurum in three hours. It leads to a smooth and straight road, which starts from the bridge, having the form of a Golden ring. The walls around Chinese form the shape of the quadrilateral. It's pretty fortified fortification, which is on a high place on a cliff. In the very middle of it stands a huge Palace and is surrounded by cliffs. The fortress is surrounded on all sides by sheer cliffs.

In the Eastern part of the town there is very cold and clear river. At the base of the wall, in the lower part of the fortress, the master has provided an iron grate. This river passes through it and outside the fortress distributes water to vegetable gardens, irrigating them. However, through the iron bars in addition to water nobody and nothing else can get. Near this spring with flowing water are the gates of the fortress.

The fortress was founded uncle on the father of the ruler of Azerbaijan Uzun-Hassan Shah Shapur. Subsequently, Hines was captured by the Kurds, and later they gave the keys to the castle of Suleyman Shah. At the moment the castle is the residence of senjakala in Erzurum eyaleti. Hass, granted Bey padishah, generated revenue of about 484000 acce.

In the fortress of Hines is twelve hundred houses in which they live now. There is a mosque and seven of the mihrab. Also here there is a bath and caravanserai and a small market. All the houses are covered with clay. Houses, covered with tiles, not here. Domestic animals, especially goats and sheep from the population.