Aghbyur Serob
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| Aghbyur Serob | |
| Serob Pasha | |
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| Armenian: | Աղբյուր Սերոբ |
| Russian: | Ахбюр Сероб |
| Born: | 01.09.1864 Sokhord, Western Armenia |
| Died: | 24.10.1899 Gelieguzan, Western Armenia |
| Description: Armenian liberation movement figure, military commander, fida. | |
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Biography
Was born on September 1, 1864 in Sokhord, Western Armenia.
Work activity
- In 1892 he travelled to Romania and opened a coffee shop there, intending to use the shop as a meeting site for young revolutionaries.
Achievements
- After the Battle of Babshen, Serob was given the title of "Pasha".
- He was described as "one of the most outstanding Armenian revolutionaries" by Leon Trotsky.
Other
- He organized a guerrilla network that fought against the Ottoman Empire during the latter part of the 19th century.
- Around the age of twenty, he got into a fight with two Turks and ended up killing one of them.
- In 1888, in the village of Babshen in Bitlis, a Kurdish expedition was sent by the Ottomans to capture and kill Serob.The Kurds began their offensive at 3:00 a.m. surrounding Serob and his fidaies.The battle continued until sunrise when Serob and his fidaies managed to escape.
- His pseudonym Aghbyur was given to him by the Armenian nation as he had the "heart of a lion" and was very courteous. The local Armenian population would often say "Veruh Astvac, Vahruh Serob" (literally "God is up there, Serop is down here") which means "If God is protecting us from the sky, Serob is protecting us from the ground".
- As a general, he commanded such famous fidaies as Ozanyan Andranik and Gevorg Chavush, and others.
- On November 1, 1899 while meeting with several other compatriots, Serob had his pipe poisoned by a fellow Armenian known as "Avé" who had been bribed by Kurdish brigands.The Kurdish brigands led by Khalil surrounded the house with hundreds of fighters.A gunfight erupted between the Kurds and the Armenians, the latter having in its ranks twelve of Serob's personal guard, his wife Sose and their son Hakob. The Kurds managed to defeat the outnumbered Armenians killing Serob, his son, and twelve of his men including the town priestin the process.Sose was taken prisoner.Khalil severed Serob's head and placed it on a pike as a warning to all other Armenian freedom fighters.
Images
Aghbyur Serob's sculpture in Jermuk
Videos
- ԱՂԲՅՈՒՐ ՍԵՐՈԲ
- ՍՈՎՈՐԵՆՔ ՊԱՏՄՈՒԹՅՈՒՆԻՑ` ԱՂԲՅՈՒՐ ՍԵՐՈԲ
- Հայորդիներ/ Աղբյուր Սերոբ/ 10.11.15
- Ներսիկ Իսպիրյան-Աղբյուր Սերոբ
Bibliography
- Kurdoghlian, Mihran. Badmoutioun Hayots (Armenian History). Athens: 1996 p. 67.
- Kurdoghlian, Mihran. Badmoutiounk Hayots (Armenian History). Athens: 1996, p. 67.
- Kurdoghlian, Mihran. Badmoutioun Hayots (Armenian History). Athens: 1996 pp 68-69.
- Chalabian, Andranik. General Andranik and the Armenian Revolutionary movement. Beirut: 1986. pp. 131-32.
- Trotsky 1980, p. 249.
See also
- АХПЮР СЕРОБ
- Ахпюр Сероб
- ԵՊՀ Հայագիտական հետազոտությունների ինստիտուտ:
- Հայկական հանրագիտարան:Աղբյուր Սերոբ:
- «Ինձ բահ տվեք»,Պողոսյան Ս.Պրես.հրատ.1990թ.:
- Армянский вопрос / Под ред. К.С. Худавердяна. Ер., 1991
- Ով ով է.հայեր(կենսագրական հանրագիտարան:Երկու հատորով),ՀՀ խմբ. հանձնաժողով՝ Հ. Մ. Այվազյան (գլխ. խմբագիր) և ուրիշներ,Երևան,Հայկական հանրագիտարան հրատ.,Հ.1,Աբալյան-Ղուշչյան,2005:
