Hampartsoum Boyadjian

Medzn Murad
Birth nameHampartsoum Boyadjian
Nickname(s)Murad the Great
Born(1860-05-12)12 May 1860
Hadjin, Cilicia, Ottoman Empire
Died30 July 1915(1915-07-30) (aged 55)
Kayseri, Ankara Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
AllegianceSocial Democrat Hunchakian Party
Years of service1885—1915
Battles/warsArmenian National Liberation Movement
Kum Kapu demonstration (1890)
1894 Sasun Resistance
Spouse(s)Agyuline Murad

Hampartsoum Boyadjian[1] (Armenian: Համբարձում Պօյաճեան; 14 May 1860 – 30 July 1915), also known by his noms de guerre Murad and sometimes Medzn Murad[2] (Armenian: Մեծն Մուրատ, "Mourad the Great"), was an Armenian fedayi (partisan leader) and a leading political activist of the Hunchak party.[3]

  1. ^ Kévorkian 2011, p. 32.
  2. ^ "Ինքնապասշտպանական մարտեր". Armenian Encyclopedia Publishing. Retrieved 14 October 2013. Սասունցիները Մեծն Մուրադի (Համբարձում Պոյաճյան) գլխավորությամբ
  3. ^ Martyrs on Bloody Path, by Dr Yeghia Jerejian, Beirut, 1989