Zeitun rebellion (1895–96)
| Zeitun rebellion of 1895–1896 | |||||||
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| Part of Hamidian massacres | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Hunchak Party | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Aghasi (Karapet Ter-Sargsian) Ghazar Shovroian |
Ali Bey Mustafa Remzi Pasha Edhem Pasha | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Ottoman Fifth Army Corps | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1,500–6,000 armed militia |
28,000 Ottoman troops 30,000–35,000 Muslim (Turkish, Kurdish, and Circassian) irregulars 12 cannons Total: 58,000–63,000 soldiers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2,000 (includes non-combatant Armenians) | 20,000–30,000 soldiers | ||||||
The Zeitun rebellion or Second Zeitun Resistance (Armenian: Զեյթունի երկրորդ գոյամարտը, Zeyt'uni yerkrord goyamartĕ) took place in the winter of 1895–1896, during the Hamidian massacres, when the Armenians of Zeitun (modern Süleymanlı), fearing the prospect of massacre, took up arms to defend themselves from Ottoman troops.