Kınalıada means "Henna Island" in Turkish, as the land has a reddish
colour from the iron and copper that has been mined here. This is one of
the least forested of the Princes' Islands.
Proti was the island
most used as a place of exile under theByzantine Empire. The most
notable exile was emperorRomanos IV Diogenes, after the Battle of
Manzikert,
