Girayr

Girayr

Girair or Jirair ("Harutiun-Mardiros Boyadjian") (1856, Hajin, Cilicia - 1894, Yozghat) was an Armenian fedayee leader, the senior brother of Medzn Mourad. He studied at Vartanian school in Hajin and then, in Constantinople. Then he returned to Western Armenia and worked as a teacher. He propaganded the solidarity of the oppressed people of Ottoman empire, contacted with the Kurdish and Turkish revolutionary activists. Jirair founded a fedayee group for the revolutionary activities, in 1892 edited and distributed papers against the Abdul Hamid II's sultanism. After Turkish authorities arrested 850 innocent Armenians, Jirair agreed to capitulate and was hung [Dr. Y. Jerejian, Martyrs on Bloody Path, p. 81.] .

Vahram Papazian acted as Jirair in a play by Hemayag Aramiants.

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  • Hampartsoum Boyadjian — also known by his noms de guerre Medzn Mourad (Mourad the Great) (1867 1915) was an Armenian national movement leader and a fedayee and political activist of Hunchakian. Medzn Mourad He was born in Hajin (Cilicia). His senior brother was the… …   Wikipedia

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