Avan Yuzbashi

Avan Yuzbashi
Bornca. 1670
Died1735
AllegianceMelikdoms of Karabakh
Years of service1724-1728
RankSupreme commander of the five melikdoms of Artsakh.

Avan Yuzbashi (Armenian: Ավան հարյուրապետ, romanized: Avan haryurapet; ca. 1670–1735), also known in Armenian historiography as Prince Hovhannes (Hovhannes Ishkhan) or Avan Mirza was an 18th-century Armenian military leader in Karabagh, and an important figure of the Armenian liberation struggle during the 1720s in Karabagh.

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