Aram Sahakian (Արամ Մ․ Աահակյան; born

Kayseri Kayseri () is a large List of cities in Turkey, city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, and the capital of Kayseri Province, Kayseri province. Historically known as Caesarea (Mazaca), Caesarea, it has been the historical capital of Cappadocia since anc ...

, 1884 -

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, 1968) better known by the penname M. Salpi (Սալբի) was an Armenian writer and doctor. Sahakian served as a medical officer in the Ottoman army during the World War I, and then as resident doctor at the Armenian refugee camp in

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, Egypt. Sahakian began collecting the stories of Armenian soldiers and refugees following the deportations and massacres of their communities. He was best known for ''Our Cross'' (Armenian: «Մեր խաչը» Mer Khachu), a collection of short stories originally printed in 1921 in Paris, subsequently published in English in Los Angeles.The Armenian Review - Volume 38 -1985 - Page 53 M. Salpi, Mer khache ur cross/ref> Among his other works is ''Patgamavor shunery'' («Պատգամավոր շուները» 1945).

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1884 births 1968 deaths People from Kayseri 20th-century Turkish physicians 20th-century Armenian writers Military doctors from the Ottoman Empire {{Armenia-writer-stub