Jangir Agha with his family
Jangir Agha (Kurdish language: Cangîr Axa, Cîhangîr Axa, Armenian language: Ջահանգիր Աղա , Russian: Джаангир Ага, c. 1874–1943) was a prominent military and social figure of Armenia in the early 20th century. He is considered a national hero of the Yazidi people.[1]
He was born in Chubuhly village of Van province of Kurdistan (currently included in Turkey). A number of songs are written about Jangir Agha by the Yazidis.[2]
During the Armenian-Turkish battles in 1918 he greatly helped in the Armenian victory over the Turks and Kurds in the village Molabalzet.[3]
Jangir Agha participated in the Battle of Bash-Aparan with his Yazidi battalion of three hundred horsemen against the Turkish Army, which had invaded Armenia. He also joined Armenians during anti-Bolshevik revolts of February 18, 1921 and participated in battles for Yerevan.[4]
See also[]
- Yazidis in Armenia
References[]
- ↑ "Chronologische Liste êzîdîscher Helden". http://jugendkomitee-emmerich.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/pdf.
- ↑ "Jahangir Agha". http://www.edenhell.net/en/persons/detail/60267/.
- ↑ "Völkermord an den Armeniern: „Der Schmerz der Armenier ist auch unser“". April 24, 2014. http://www.ezidipress.com/blog/voelkermord-an-den-armeniern-der-schmerz-der-armenier-ist-auch-unser/.
- ↑ "Armeniens größte Minderheit wandert aus". January 18, 2014. http://www.ezidipress.com/blog/armeniens-groesste-minderheit-wandert-aus/.
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