Jangir Agha

Jangir Agha (or Jahangir Agha, Cangîr Axa, Armenian: Ջահանգիր Աղա; Russian: Джаангир Ага) (c. 1874–1943) is a prominent military and social figure of Armenia in the early 20th century and a national hero of the Yazidi people.[1]

Jangir Agha with his family

He was born in Chubuhly village of Van province of Western Armenia (currently included in Turkey). A number of songs are written about Jangir Agha by the Yazidis.[2]

During the Armenian-Turkish battles in 1918 he greatly helped in the Armenian victory over the Turks and Kurds in the village Molabalzet.[3]

Jangir Agha participated in the Battle of Bash-Aparan with his Yazidi battalion of three hundred horsemen against the Turkish Army, which had invaded Armenia. He also joined Armenians during anti-Bolshevik revolts of February 18, 1921 and participated in battles for Yerevan.[4]

In 1938 he was repressed by the Stalin regime and sent to Saratov prison, where he died. In 1959, Agha was rehabilitated posthumously.

See also

References
  1. Chronologische Liste êzîdîscher Helden
  2. Jahangir Agha
  3. ÊzîdîPress - Völkermord an den Armeniern: „Der Schmerz der Armenier ist auch unser“
  4. ÊzîdîPress - Armeniens größte Minderheit wandert aus
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