Khanasor Expedition

Khanasor Expedition
Armenian fedayis
Date 25–27 July 1897 Location Plain of Khanasor Van Vilayet, Ottoman Empire Result Armenian victory Mazrik tribe's influence on the region nullified
Belligerents
Armenian Revolutionary Federation Armenian Volunteers	Kurdish Mazrik tribe of Khanasor
Commanders and leaders
Andranik Pasha Sargis Mehrabyan Nikol Duman Nikoghayos Mikaelian	Sharaf beg
Strength
250 fedayees	The entire tribe
Casualties and losses
26	About 200[1]

Battles involving Armenian National movement

The Khanasor Expedition (Armenian: Խանասորի արշավանք, romanized: Xanasori aršavank',) was a punitive raid launched by Armenian fedayis against the Kurdish Mazrik tribe on July 25, 1897. In 1896, in the aftermath of the Defense of Van, the Kurdish Mazrik tribe had ambushed and slaughtered many of the Armenian defenders of Van as they were retreating into Persia. The Armenian Revolutionary Federation decided to retaliate for that atrocity, resulting in the Khanasor Expedition.