Sarkis Jebejian ( hy, Սարգիս Ճէպէճեան, Jebeji, 1864–1920) was an Armenian military leader, the head of the self-defense of

Hadjin Saimbeyli, alternatively known as Hadjin ( hy, Հաճըն, translit=Hajěn), is a township and a district in the Adana Province, Turkey. The township is located at the Taurus mountains of Cilicia region, 157 km north of the city of Adana. The dist ...

(1920).

Biography

Jebejian was born in Kayseri. In 1914 when he witnessed the extermination of Armenian soldiers in the

Turkish army The Turkish Land Forces ( tr, Türk Kara Kuvvetleri), or Turkish Army (Turkish: ), is the main branch of the Turkish Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. The army was formed on November 8, 1920, after the collapse of the ...

, he fled and joined General

Andranik Ozanian Andranik Ozanian, commonly known as General Andranik or simply Andranik;. Also spelled Antranik or Antranig 25 February 186531 August 1927), was an Armenian military commander and statesman, the best known '' fedayi'' and a key figure of the ...

's volunteer unit in

Caucasus The Caucasus () or Caucasia (), is a region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia (country), Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range ...

. In April 1915 he participated in the

Battle of Dilman The Battle of Dilman (April 15, 1915) was a battle during World War I fought at Dilman between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. Despite having the larger forces, the Ottomans suffered 468 dead, 1,228 wounded, and 370 missing in the ...

. Then as a

lieutenant A lieutenant ( , ; abbreviated Lt., Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations. The meaning of lieutenant differs in different militaries (see comparative military ranks), but it is often ...

of Andranik's Special Striking Division he participated in

Zangezur Zangezur ( hy, Զանգեզուր) is a historical and geographical region in Eastern Armenia on the slopes of the Zangezur Mountains which largely corresponds to the Syunik Province of the Republic of Armenia. It was ceded to Russia by Qajar Ir ...

's self-defense. Being in confrontation with

Dashnak The Armenian Revolutionary Federation ( hy, Հայ Յեղափոխական Դաշնակցութիւն, ՀՅԴ ( classical spelling), abbr. ARF or ARF-D) also known as Dashnaktsutyun (collectively referred to as Dashnaks for short), is an Armenian ...

authorities, he, as his commander Andranik, left Armenian Republic in 1919 and moved to

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth ( Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis ( ...

, then

Cilicia Cilicia (); el, Κιλικία, ''Kilikía''; Middle Persian: ''klkyʾy'' (''Klikiyā''); Parthian language, Parthian: ''kylkyʾ'' (''Kilikiyā''); tr, Kilikya). is a geographical region in southern Anatolia in Turkey, extending inland from th ...

. In 1920 he became the Commander of the Supreme Council of self-defense of

, and heroically fought during nine months. He was wounded and fell during the last days of self-defense. According to

Tsatur Aghayan Tsatur Aghayan ( hy, Ծատուր Աղայան; – 3 December 1982) was a Soviet-Armenian historian, a professor at Yerevan State University, an academician of the Armenian Academy of Sciences, the editor of the journal ''Lraber Hasarakakan Git ...

, Jebejian was "one of these heroic militants of General Andranik, who, being from Caesaria, was mobilized into Turkish army and sent to Caucasian front".Dr. Y. Jerejian, Martyrs on Bloody Path, p. 148-149

References

;Citations ;Sources * History of S. D. Hunchakian party, ed. by A. Gidour, Vol. A, Beirut, 1962

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jebejian, Sarkis 1864 births 1920 deaths People from Kayseri Armenian fedayi Armenian nationalists Armenian people of World War I Armenian military personnel killed in action Armenians from the Ottoman Empire