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The Yazidi volunteers were an ethnic Yazidi Kurdish volunteer force during World War I. Allied with the Armenins, led mainly by General Jangir Agha and Usub Bek Temuryan they experienced numerous successful battles against the Ottoman Empire and later against Turkey.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
| Yazidi volunteers | |
|---|---|
 Flag of the Yazidi people in Armenia | |
| Active | 1914–1921 |
| Size | 1,000-2,000 irregular tribal fighters
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| Engagements | |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Jangir Agha Usub Bek Temuryan Najid Bey Osman Agha Husein Bey |
After World War 1
[edit]After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, Yazidi fighters continued military activity during regional upheavals, especially during the Turkish-Armenian War and the February Uprising against the Bolsheviks in Armenia. Jangir Agha and Usub Bek Temuryan both fought alongside Garegin Nzhdeh, resisting Sovietization and defending Yazidi and Armenian interests. After the uprising failed, many Yazidi fighters retreated with Nzhdeh to Syunik (southern Armenia), then either disbanded or joined local defense militias.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Survival Among the Kurds: A History of the Yezidis (PDF) (1st ed.). Routledge, John S Guest. 1993.
- ^ The Other Kurds: Yazidis in Colonial Iraq. Arab Studies Institute. 2002.
- ^ The Kurds: an Encyclopedia of Life, Culture, and Society. Sebastian Maisel. 2018.
- ^ The 72nd Firman of the Yezidis: A ‘Hidden Genocide’ during World War I. Genocide Studies International. 2019.
- ^ a b Yazidis’ Position on Armenian Genocide in 1915-1918. Faisal Mandoo, Khalid Kaso. June 2021.
- ^ Մուրադյան, Մանուկ Նորիկի (2012). Ուսուբ Բեկ: ուրվագծեր եզդի ժողովրդի, ազգապետերի մի տոհմի, հայ-եզդիական կապերի պատմության (in Armenian). Հայաստան.
- ^ Մուրադյան, Մանուկ Նորիկի (2012). Ուսուբ Բեկ: ուրվագծեր եզդի ժողովրդի, ազգապետերի մի տոհմի, հայ-եզդիական կապերի պատմության (in Armenian). Հայաստան.
- ^ "Усув Бег: курды-езиды благодарят императора России | RiaTaza" (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-02-25.
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