What is "karbasan"

Karbasan is a belde (town) in Karahallı district of Uşak Province, Turkey. At it is situated to the southeast of karahallı. The distance to Karahallı is and to Uşak is . The population of Karbasan is 1383 as of 2011. According to mayor's page the Karbasan was founded about seven centuries ago by a certain Garip Hasan and was named after him. In popular speech, the name Gariphasan was converted to Karbasan. During the last years of the Ottoman Empire the medrese (Islamic school) in Karbasan was locally well known. In 1992, it was declared a seat of township.