The Hnchakian fedayeen (partisans) in Shabin-Karahisar

The Hnchakian fedayeen (partisans) in Shabin-Karahisar.

Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

Fedayeen 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.