Fedayi Keri

Fedayis Sheram, Aramays, Keri, Zanvat and Usul Khecho (sitting from left to right), Keose and Usul Krikor (standing).

Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

Fedayis were Armenian civilians who formed self-defense groups in reaction to the mass murder of Armenians (1894-1896) during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II.