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Eghisabet Sultanian of Zeytun in Watertown, Massachusetts 1900
Eghisabet Sultanyan (1874-1948) of Zeytun, photographed here in Massachusetts year 1900. She was one of the 2 brave Zeytuntsi Armenian female warriors pictured in the historic DEC 1895 photograph holding a Martini-Henry rifle with a revolver on her waistbelt next to Anazon Yaqubian , a fellow Zeytuntsi warrior woman… Vahé Achikian Zeytun Private Collection.
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Wendy
Does anyone know the name of the friend? She bears a striking resemblance to members of my family! Vahé Achikian Actually, the warrior woman on the left with curly black hair, and a revolver in her belt, is Eghisabeth Sultanian of Zeytun, 1874-1948. She immigrated to the United States ( Worcester, Massachusetts ) in 1897…
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Eghisabet Sultanian with her friend Anazon Yaqubian in Zeytun – 1895-1896
Eghisabet Sultanian with her friend Anazon Yaqubian in Zeytun 1895-1896. They are holding Martini rifles. The photo was taken by a Western missionary during the Grand Uprising (Second Zeytun Resistance) from winter 1895-1896. The Armenians from Zeytun, fearing the prospect of massacre, took up arms to defend themselves from Ottoman troops. Eghisabet Sultanian is the…