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Eremia Chelebi
Eremia Chelebi Kömürjian (12–13 May 1637 – 15 July 1695) was an Ottoman-Armenian writer and intellectual from Constantinople. Background Eremia's recent ancestors came from the district around Kemah in the Armenian highlands. Eremia's great grandfather Sarkis Kömürjian, who was a coal dealer (), abandoned his properties in 1590s during the upheaval caused by the Celali rebellions like most local Armenians and migrated to western Anatolia and Thrace. Sarkis died in the town of Gallipoli in southern Thrace. Nahabed, the son of Sarkis, and his only son Mardiros moved to Constantinople. Early life Eremia was born on 12 or 13 May 1637 in the Langa neighborhood of Constantinople to Papas (bishop) Mardiros. Eremia belonged to the Kömürjian family, which was distinguished in intellectual and ecclesiastical circles. Like most Ottoman-Armenians, Eremia was a member of the Armenian Apostolic Church. He had a younger brother Komitas, who would become a priest and "an officially b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenians In The Ottoman Empire
Armenians were a significant minority in the Ottoman Empire. They belonged to either the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Armenian Catholic Church, or the Armenian Protestant Church, each church serving as the basis of a millet. They played a crucial role in Ottoman industry and commerce, and Armenian communities existed in almost every major city of the empire. The majority of the Armenian population made up a reaya, or peasant class, in Western Armenia. Since the latter half the 19th century, the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire sought more autonomy and protection in what was part of the Armenian Question. Armenians were persecuted by Ottoman authorities and their Kemalist successors, especially from the latter half of the 19th century, culminating in the Armenian Genocide. Background In the Byzantine Empire, the Armenian Church was not allowed to operate in Constantinople (Istanbul), because the Greek Orthodox Church regarded the Armenian Church as heretical. The Ott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Language
Greek (, ; , ) is an Indo-European languages, Indo-European language, constituting an independent Hellenic languages, Hellenic branch within the Indo-European language family. It is native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, Caucasus, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean. It has the list of languages by first written accounts, longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning at least 3,400 years of written records. Its writing system is the Greek alphabet, which has been used for approximately 2,800 years; previously, Greek was recorded in writing systems such as Linear B and the Cypriot syllabary. The Greek language holds a very important place in the history of the Western world. Beginning with the epics of Homer, ancient Greek literature includes many works of lasting importance in the European canon. Greek is also the language in which many of the foundational texts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1637 Births
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Balıklı Armenian Cemetery
Balıklı may refer to: * Balıklı, Istanbul, a quarter ** Church of St. Mary of the Spring (Istanbul) or * Balıklı, Altıeylül Balıklı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Altıeylül of Balıkesir Province Balıkesir Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in northwestern T ..., a neighbourhood in Balıkesir Province, Turkey * Balıklı, Arhavi, a village in Artvin Province, Turkey * Balıklı, Çayırlı, a village in Erzincan Province, Turkey * Balıklı, Ezine, a village in Çanakkale Province, Turkey * Balıklı, Gümüşhacıköy, a village in Amasya Province, Turkey * Balıklı, Musabeyli, a village in Kilis Province, Turkey See also * Zorakert or Balykhly, a village in Shirak Province, Armenia {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erzurum
Erzurum (; ) is a List of cities in Turkey, city in eastern Anatolia, Turkey. It is the largest city and capital of Erzurum Province and is 1,900 meters (6,233 feet) above sea level. Erzurum had a population of 367,250 in 2010. It is the site of ancient Theodosiopolis. The city uses the double-headed eagle as its coat-of-arms, a motif that has been a common symbol throughout Anatolia since the Bronze Age. Erzurum has winter sports facilities, hosted the 2011 Winter Universiade, and the 2023 Winter Deaflympics (in March 2024). Name and etymology The city was originally known in Armenian language, Armenian as Karno K'aghak' (), meaning city of Karin, to distinguish it from the district of Karin (wikt:Կարին, Կարին). It is presumed its name was derived from a local tribe called the Karenitis. Darbinian, M. "Erzurum," Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia. Yerevan: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1978, vol. 4, p. 93. An alternate theory contends that a local princely family, the Kams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kars
Kars ( or ; ; ) is a city in northeast Turkey. It is the seat of Kars Province and Kars District.İl Belediyesi , Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 1 March 2023. As of 2022, its population was 91,450. Kars, in classical historiography (Strabo), was in the ancient region known as ''Chorzene'' (), part of the province of Ayrarat in the Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity), Kingdom of Armenia, and later the historic capitals of Armenia, capital of the Bagratid Kingdom of Armenia from 929 to 961. Currently, the mayor of Kars is Ötüken Senger. The city had an Armenians, Armenian ethnic majority until it was re-captured by Turkish National Movement, Turkish nationalist forces in late 1920. Etymology The city's name may derive from the Armenian language, Armenian w ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vagharshapat
Vagharshapat ( ) is the List of cities and towns in Armenia, 5th-largest city in Armenia and the most populous municipal community of Armavir Province, located about west of the capital Yerevan, and north of the closed Turkish-Armenian border. It is commonly known as Ejmiatsin (also spelled Echmiadzin or Etchmiadzin, , ), which was its official name between 1945 and 1995. It is still commonly used colloquially and in official bureaucracy, a case of dual naming. The city is best known as the location of Etchmiadzin Cathedral and Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the center of the Armenian Apostolic Church. It is thus unofficially known in Western sources as a "holy city" and in Armenia as the country's "spiritual capital". It was one of the major cities and a historic capitals of Armenia, capital of Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity), the ancient Kingdom of Greater Armenia. Reduced to a small town by the early 20th century, it experienced large expansion during the Soviet period beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Risale
A risale () is a small book in the form of a treatise on socio-economic, political or historical topics. This type of Ottoman literature became popular thanks to two risales written by Koçi Bey from the first half of the 17th century. In them, Bey analyzes the causes of the decline of the Ottoman Empire after the hanging of Michael Kantakouzenos Şeytanoğlu on 3 March 1578 and the assassination of Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha on 11 October 1579. The two ''Kochi Bay risales'' are one of the most important sources for the history of the Ottoman Empire in the 17th century. References See also * The Realm of the Slavs * Grandfather Ivan * Köprülü era The Köprülü era () (c. 1656–1703) was a period in which the Ottoman Empire's politics were frequently dominated by a series of grand viziers from the Köprülü family. The Köprülü era is sometimes more narrowly defined as the period fr ... {{Authority control Ottoman literature Literary terminology Arabic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleppo
Aleppo is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous Governorates of Syria, governorate of Syria. With an estimated population of 2,098,000 residents it is Syria's largest city by urban area, and was the largest by population until it was surpassed by Damascus, the capital of Syria. Aleppo is also the largest city in Syria's Governorates of Syria, northern governorates and one of the List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, largest cities in the Levant region. Aleppo is one of List of cities by time of continuous habitation#West Asia, the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world; it may have been inhabited since the sixth millennium BC. Excavations at Tell as-Sawda and Tell al-Ansari, just south of the old city of Aleppo, show that the area was occupied by Amorites by the latter part of the third millennium BC. That is also the time at which Aleppo is first mentioned in cuneiform tablets unearthed in Ebl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mardiros II Of Constantinople
Martiros is an Armenian given name meaning martyr. Martiros and its variant Mardiros in Western Armenian may refer to: Places * Martiros, Vayots Dzor, town in Armenia Persons Martiros * Saint Martiros, 4th-century Christian saint, son of Saint Sarkis the Warrior * Martiros of Crimea, 7th-century Armenian writer, historian, poet and priest * Martiros Aslanov (1897–1977), Soviet Armenian linguist and Pashto Pashto ( , ; , ) is an eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern and eastern Afghanistan. It has official status in Afghanistan and the Pakistani province of Khyb ... scholar * Martiros Kavoukjian (1908–1988), Armenian architect, researcher, Armenologist and historian-archaeologist * Martiros Khan Davidkhanian (1843–1905), Iranian general, philanthropist and professor * Martiros Sarukhanyan (1873–1895), Armenian fedayee and political activist in the Ottoman Empire * Martiros Saryan (188 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian Patriarchate Of Constantinople
Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the world * Armenian language Armenian (endonym: , , ) is an Indo-European languages, Indo-European language and the sole member of the independent branch of the Armenian language family. It is the native language of the Armenians, Armenian people and the official language of ..., the Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people ** Armenian alphabet, the alphabetic script used to write Armenian ** Armenian (Unicode block) People * ''Armenyan'', also spelled ''Armenian'' in the Western Armenian language, an Armenian surname ** Haroutune Armenian (born 1942), Lebanon-born Armenian-American academic, physician, doctor of public health (1974), Professor, President of the American University of Armenia ** Gohar Armenyan (born 1995), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abro Chelebi
Abraham "Abro" Chelebi (died 1676) was an Ottoman-Armenian merchant. Abro Chelebi served as the purveyor of the Ottoman Army from 1644 onwards. Following the execution of his patron Gazi Hüseyin Pasha in 1659, Abro Chelebi was also jailed but managed to survive and continued to serve the government, this time under Köprülü Ahmed Pasha. Abro Chelebi was a major supporter of the cultural life in Constantinople Constantinople (#Names of Constantinople, see other names) was a historical city located on the Bosporus that served as the capital of the Roman Empire, Roman, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine, Latin Empire, Latin, and Ottoman Empire, Ottoman empire ..., having funded the copying of manuscripts, and the renovation and construction of churches. He died in 1676. He had two surviving sons, Sarkis (born 1644) and Mateos (1654–1695), who continued the mercantile business of the family. References Bibliography * * {{cite book , last1=Barsoumian , first1=Hagop Levon , title= ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
