Midyat Rebellion | |||||||
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Part of the Assyrian and the Armenian genocide | |||||||
Location of modern Azakh (İdil) district | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Armenian defenders | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Işo Hanna Gabre | Ömer Naci Bey | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Azakh National Assembly
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Strength | |||||||
1,000+ (mostly Assyrians but also including few Armenians)[2] | Several thousand men | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,200 Christians were killed during the siege.[1] | Unknown, probably heavy |
The village of Azakh (Syriac: ܐܙܟ, romanized: Azakh) was one of the few remaining pockets of resistance during the Sayfo that the Ottoman authorities called the "Midyat Rebellion" named after Midyat, the largest Assyrian town in Tur Abdin.[1]