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Vahé Achikian
The photo is of Megerdich Yakoubian, the Ishkhan (Qodjabashi) of Zeytoun’s Qarghalar Tagh ( Mahallé ), photo taken in Istanbul in January 1896. Meguerditch Agha Yaqoubian, 1806 – 1872 is photographed here in 1865, Istanbul, in the building of the Constantinople Armenian Patriarchate. Meguerditch Agha was the son of Astvadzadour Agha Yaqoubian and the grandson…
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Zeytun Armenian fighters – december 1918
Zeytun Armenian fighters – december 1918. This Dec 1918 photo is of the Zeytoun Armenian freedom-fighter squad – Amanos Zeytounlu Echqiya – commonly known as “Amanosi Herosaqakhoump” or in Turkish “Amanos Ermeni Echqiya Tchetesi” that was led by Aram Bey Tcholaqian – seated, left of the child in middle of the photograph. Next to Aram…
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Megerdich Yakoubian
Megerdich Yakoubian, one of the four Ishkhan of Zeytun, one of the heroes and leaders of the first 1862 Zeytun Resistance. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.