Mihran Damadian
Mihran Damadian (* 1863 in Istanbul , Ottoman Empire , † 1945 in Cairo , Kingdom of Egypt ) was an Armenian writer, teacher, freedom fighter and political activist.
Life
He was educated in the Moorat Raphaelian Armenian Catholic School in Venice and became a teacher in the Sason district . Together with Medzn Mourad , he led the Kumkapı demonstration and the Sason resistance in 1894 . He was arrested and taken to Istanbul . Mihran Damadian was a noted Huntschak activist and later a member of the Reform Huntschak that became the Ramgavar . He was also chief negotiator in negotiations with the French authorities; he suggested that France could take over the League of Nations mandate from independent Cilicia in 1920. On August 5, 1920 Damadian proclaimed the independence of Cilicia as an autonomous republic under French protectorate.
His great-grandson is the opera singer Gérard Papazian.
literature
- Haluk Selvi: Mihran Damadyan - the confessions of an Armenian underground fighter , Offenbach am Main: Manzara 2015, ISBN 978-3-939795-61-2 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Richard G. Hovannisian, Simon Payaslian (Ed.): Armenian Cilicia (= UCLA Armenian History and Culture Series. Historic Armenian Cities and Provinces. Vol. 7). Mazda Publishers, Costa Mesa CA 2008, ISBN 978-1-56859-154-4 , p. 483. Print.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Damadian, Mihran |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Damadyan, Mihran |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Armenian teacher and freedom fighter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Istanbul, Vilâyet Istanbul |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1945 |
| Place of death | Cairo, Egypt |