Jangir Agha
Jangir Agha (Kurdish: Cangîr Axa, Armenian: 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 Western Armenia (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]
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- ^ "Chronologische Liste êzîdîscher Helden".
- ^ "Jahangir Agha". www.edenhell.net.
- ^ "Völkermord an den Armeniern: „Der Schmerz der Armenier ist auch unser"". April 24, 2014.
- ^ "Armeniens größte Minderheit wandert aus". January 18, 2014.
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