Karemlash was home toDenna II and local communities in the 14th century.
Karemlash was the seat of the Nestorian patriarch Denha II (1336/71381/2) for at least part of his reign. At this period Karemlash had Jacobite and Armenian communities alongside its Nestorian majority, and its village chiefs styled themselves 'emirs'. As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was a century lasting from January 1, 1301, through December 31, 1400. 
