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Kurdish Nationalism: 1830-1930

Kurdish national movements from the 19th century through the 1930s.

Ziylan Bey (Artashes Muradian) was ambushed and killed by communist spies who had infiltrated the ranks of the rebels on Mt. Ararat. Sasuni also mentions that Ziylan Bey was only one of the scores of Armenian freedom fighters in the Ararat Rebellion. His case is publicized because he had attained a certain level of leadership in the rebellion. The identities of other Armenians– disguised as Kurds– in the rebellion still remains to be determined.

Sasuni, Kurt Azgayin Sharzhumnere, p. 284.

  1. Ibid, p. 285.
  2. Arshak, Chamalian, “Krtakan Harts’e,” Droshak, 1930, # 1, p. 185.
  3. Ibid, pp. 185-186.
  4. Sasuni, Kurt Azgayin Sharzhumnere, pp. 290-291.
  5. Ibid, p. 292.
  6. Ibid, p. 293.
  7. Chaliand, People Without, p. 66.
  8. Chamalian, “Krtakan Harts’e Internats’ionalum,” Droshak, 1931, # 3, p. , # 4, pp. 77-80.
  9. Author Unknown, “Viennayi Turk Despanutiune Eva Krtakan Khendire,” Droshak, 1926, # 2, pp. 52-54

The article starts with a reprint of a communiqué issued by the Turkish Embassy at Vienna, which states that all news materials printed in the newspapers of the day concerning the Kurdish resurrections are untrue “…and full of lies.” It also accuses Armenians and the A.R.F. in particular for being the source of these news.

The second part of the article is a response by Arshak Chamalian. He defends the justness of the Kurdish rebellion as well as the A.R.F. position regarding the Kurdish issue.

  1. Chaliand, People Without, p. 66.
  2. Ibid, p. 68.
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  1. derek bucher

    On December 12, 2007 at 2:40 pm


    very helpfull!!!!!

  2. Jessica

    On December 16, 2007 at 2:05 pm


    The citations in this are extremely hard to follow. The numbers within the text are not consecutive and the endnote section is very confusing as well. In light of this, it is hard to believe that much of this is not completely plagiarized from safrastian and chaliand (as a stopped reading about page 5, as a result of the citation issues) or just partly untruth.

  3. GarabetMoumdjian

    On January 22, 2008 at 5:55 pm


    DEAR JESSICA:

    I AM THE AUTHOR OF THE PAPER UNDER QUESTION. I CAN SAY WITHOUT ANY HESITATION THAT THERE IS NO PLAGIARISM HERE. SAFRASTIAN, CHALIAND AND ALL OTHER SOURCES ARE GIVEN DUE RESPECT IN THE ENDNOTES. IT IS NOT MY PROBLEM THAT THE WORD(DOC) FILE I SENT THEM IS NOT SHOWING PROPERLY IN THE HTML FORMAT. SOMEONE AT THEIR END MUST BE RESPONSIBLE TO CORRECT THE CODES SO THAT THE PAPER AND THE ENDNOTES ARE DISPLAYED CORRECTLY. BESIDES, AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE RESEARCH IS DONE IN ARMENIAN PRIMARY SOURCES (NEWSPAPERS OF THE TIMES INCLUDED), ESPECIALLY WHAT CONCERNS THE 1925 (SAID’S) AND THE 1930 (ARARAT) KURDISH REBELIONS. THEREFORE, I INSIST THAT YOU REVIEW YOUR COMMENT IN THE LIGHT OF MY EXPLANATIONS.

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