Girayr
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Girair or Jirair (1856, Hajin
, Cilicia
- 1894, Yozgat
) was an Armenia
n fedayee leader, the senior brother of Medzn Mourad. He studied at Vartanian school in Hajin and then, in Constantinople
. Then he returned to Western Armenia
and worked as a teacher. He propaganded the solidarity of the oppressed people of Ottoman empire
, contacted with the Kurdish and Turkish revolutionary activists. Jirair founded a fedayee group for the revolutionary activities, in 1892 edited and distributed papers against the Abdul Hamid II
's sultanism. After Ottoman authorities arrested 850 innocent Armenians, Jirair agreed to capitulate and was hung.
Vahram Papazian acted as Jirair in a play by Hemayag Aramiants.
Saimbeyli
Saimbeyli is a small city and a district in Adana Province, Turkey in what was known during the Middle Ages as Cilician Armenia. The city of Saimbeyli is in the Toros mountains, 157 km north of the city of Adana, by a difficult road...
, Cilicia
Cilicia
In antiquity, Cilicia was the south coastal region of Asia Minor, south of the central Anatolian plateau. It existed as a political entity from Hittite times into the Byzantine empire...
- 1894, Yozgat
Yozgat
Yozgat is a city and the capital district of Yozgat province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. According to 2009 census, population of the district is 113,614 of which 73,835 live in the city of Yozgat.-History:...
) was an Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n fedayee leader, the senior brother of Medzn Mourad. He studied at Vartanian school in Hajin and then, in Constantinople
Constantinople
Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...
. Then he returned to Western Armenia
Western Armenia
Western Armenia is a term, primarily used by Armenians, to refer to Armenian-inhabited areas of the Armenian Highland that were part of the Ottoman Empire and now are part of the Republic of Turkey....
and worked as a teacher. He propaganded the solidarity of the oppressed people of Ottoman empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
, contacted with the Kurdish and Turkish revolutionary activists. Jirair founded a fedayee group for the revolutionary activities, in 1892 edited and distributed papers against the Abdul Hamid II
Abdul Hamid II
His Imperial Majesty, The Sultan Abdülhamid II, Emperor of the Ottomans, Caliph of the Faithful was the 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire...
's sultanism. After Ottoman authorities arrested 850 innocent Armenians, Jirair agreed to capitulate and was hung.
Vahram Papazian acted as Jirair in a play by Hemayag Aramiants.