 The same Muslim geographers describe Barda as a flourishing town with a citadel, a mosque (the treasury of Arran was located here), a circuit wall and gates, and a Sunday bazaar that was called "Keraki," "Korakī" or "al-Kurki" (a name derived from Greek κυριακή ("kyriaki"), the Lord's Day and Sunday, as the Armenian word "kiraki" is).In 914, the city was captured by the Rus, who occupied it for six months.In 943, it was attacked once more by the Rus and sacked.