Musa Dagh

This article is about the mountain and battle in Hatay Province, Turkey. For the mountain in Antalya Province, see Musa Dağı (Antalya Province).

Musa Dagh defense
Part of the Armenian genocide

Map of the Musa Dagh Armenian Self-Defense.
DateJuly 21 – September 12, 1915
(1 month, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Location
Ottoman Empire
Result Armenian victory
Successful Armenian resistance
Eventual rescue of Armenians by the French navy
Belligerents
 Ottoman Empire Armenians
Commanders and leaders
Captain Rifaat Bey Reverend Dikran Antreassian
Yesayi Yakhubian
Yesayi Aprahamian
Nerses Kazandjian
Movses Ter-Kalutsian
Strength
19,000 (4,000 regular troops and 15,000 fighters) 600 fighters[1]
4,000 Armenian Civilians
Casualties and losses
Unknown 18 fighters killed
12 injured

Musa Dagh (Turkish: Musa Dağı; Armenian: Մուսա լեռ, romanized: Musa leṛ;[2] Arabic: جبل موسى, romanized: Jebel Musa; meaning "Moses Mountain") is a mountain in the Hatay Province of Turkey. In 1915, it was the location of a successful Armenian resistance to the Armenian genocide, an event that inspired Franz Werfel to write the novel The Forty Days of Musa Dagh.

  1. ^ The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response By Peter Balakian, p. 210
  2. ^ Adalian, Rouben (2010). Historical Dictionary of Armenia. Scarecrow Press. p. 449. ISBN 9780810874503.