Battle of Halidzor

Battle of Halidzor
Part of the Syunik rebellion
DateFebruary 26–March 7, 1727[2]
Location
Halidzor Fortress, near the modern city of Kapan, Armenia
Result Armenian victory
Territorial
changes
The Ottomans lifted siege
Belligerents
Armenians of Syunik
Commanders and leaders
David Bek
Mkhitar Sparapet
Ter Avetis
Unknown
Strength
300[1]
  • 70,000 (likely exaggerated)[1][3]
Casualties and losses
Light[1] 13,000[1]

The Battle of Halidzor (Armenian: Հալիձորի ճակատամարտ) took place in the spring of 1727 at Halidzor Fortress, in what is now the Syunik region of Armenia, near the modern-day city of Kapan, between the Armenian forces under the leadership of David Bek and the Ottoman army.

  1. ^ a b c d e Mikayel Chamchian, History of Armenia, in The Heritage of Armenian Literature, Volume III: From the Eighteenth Century to Modern Times, eds. Agop Jack Hacikyan et al. (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2005), pp. ⁠176–179.
  2. ^ Aivazian, Armen M. (1997). The Armenian Rebellion of the 1720s and the Threat of Genocidal Reprisal (PDF). Yerevan: American University of Armenia. p. 20. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
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