Medzn Murad | |
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| Birth name | Hampartsoum Boyadjian |
| Nickname(s) | Murad the Great |
| Born | (1860-05-12)12 May 1860 Hadjin,Cilicia,Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 30 July 1915(1915-07-30) (aged 55) Kayseri,Ankara Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Allegiance | Social Democrat Hunchakian Party |
| Years of service | 1885—1915 |
| Battles / wars | Armenian National Liberation Movement Kum Kapu demonstration (1890) 1894 Sasun Resistance |
| Spouse(s) | Agyuline Murad |
Hampartsoum Boyadjian[1] (Armenian:Համբարձում Պօյաճեան; 14 May 1860 – 30 July 1915), also known by hisnoms de guerreMurad and sometimesMedzn Murad[2] (Armenian:Մեծն Մուրատ, "Mourad the Great"), was anArmenianfedayi (partisan leader) and a leading political activist of theHunchak party.[3]
He was born inHadjin in the region ofCilicia. TheHunchakian leaderMedzn Girayr (Harutiun-Mardiros Boyadjian) was his senior brother.
Murad joined theHunchakian party when he was a medical student inConstantinople. In 1890, he took part in theKum Kapu demonstration. In 1894, he was a leader of theSasun Resistance. He exhorted the inhabitants of Sasun to fight to their last drop of blood to defend their mountains and houses.[4] Turkish authorities imprisoned and tortured him, and in 1896 Murad was exiled toTripoli. During his exile the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party convention elected Mourad as a member of its Central Committee. Murad was one of the most popular figures of the Armenian liberation movement, and several revolutionary groups worked towards his liberation.[5] In 1906 he escaped from prison and in 1908 he returned to Constantinople. In the1908 Ottoman general election, he was elected a member of theOttoman parliament representingKozan (Sis) in theAdana Vilayet; he was one of 10 Armenian deputies in the new parliament.[6]
Murad, a Hunchakian who never gave up on the dream of a united and independent Armenia was labelled, like thousands of others, an undesirable by theYoung Turk Government. He was among the first to be arrested on 24 April 1915 (known asRed Sunday), on the eve of theArmenian genocide, and sent toKayseri, where he was severely tortured in prison. After a trial in July, he was hanged on 30 July 1915, with 12 of his friends.[7][8]
From 1992 to 1994, a battalion named after Medzn Murad led by Gevorg Guzelian took part in theFirst Nagorno-Karabakh War.[9]
Սասունցիները Մեծն Մուրադի (Համբարձում Պոյաճյան) գլխավորությամբ