[4] The earliest royal charter mentioning the castle is from 1075,[5] but only its interpolated version has been preserved.
[6] The earliest authentic charter referring to the same castle is dated to 1177.
[7] Although the county itself was only first mentioned in 1227,[8] a reference in the charter of 1075 to taxes levied on salt at the castle implies the existence of a system of administration.
[9] Reference to an unnamed[10] ispán of Torda was preserved in a charter from 1221.
[3] The ispáns of Torda were appointed by the voivodes of Transylvania, the representative of the kings of Hungary in the province.