Bağın

Bağın, also spelt Baghin and Paghin, and called Dedebağ in Turkish, is a hamlet to Akdüven and historical town in what is now Mazgirt District, Turkey.^: 139 Its remains are located by the bank of the Peri Su river, downstream from Kiğı and northwest of Karakoçan, in a flat area surrounded by hills.^{: 126, 129} Between Bağın and Kiğı, there are only "isolated clusters of houses" down in the valley, while the main villages are above.^: 126 The present-day hamlet consists of a handful of houses and is tucked between the riverbank and a large rocky outcropping that juts up from the surrounding flat land.^: 127, 9 This outcropping is the site of an ancient and medieval fortress, while the surrounding flat land is under cultivation.^: 127, 9

A short distance upstream from Bağın are hot springs, where people come to bathe hoping to cure themselves of rheumatism.^: 129 A bathing establishment with several cabins for visitors exists here just to the west of the springs.^: 129 Nearby, on the west bank of the Peri Su, the land forms a shelf overhanging the river.^: 129 Salt deposits formed by water dripping off the cliff face have created icicle-like formations on the overhanging part.^: 129

The modern hamlet is populated by Kurds of the Hormek and Izol tribes.