Jangir Agha | |
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| Born | 1874 Çubuklu, Van vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1943 (aged 68–69) Saratov, Soviet Union |
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Jangir Agha (Kurdish: Cangîr Axa, Cîhangîr Axa, Armenian: Ջահանգիր Աղա, ‹See Tfd›Russian: Джаангир Ага, c. 1874–1943) was a prominent military and social figure of Armenia in the early 20th century. He is considered a national hero of the Kurds–Yazidi people.[1] He died in prison in 1943 after being arrested during the Great Purge in 1938; he was posthumously rehabilitated.