Araban (Kurdish: Qale)[2] is a municipality and district of Gaziantep Province, Turkey.

In October/November 958, the Byzantine Empire led by John Tzimiskes and Basil Lekapenos managed to defeat Sayf al-Dawla of the Hamdanids at the Battle of Raban.

Raban was ruled by the Armenian ruler Kogh Vasil, following the First Crusade in 1097.

It was captured by Mesud I in April 1150, before it was burned by the Mongols in the 13th century.

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