Sasun resistance of 1894

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The Sasun resistance of 1894 was an Armenian uprising in the Ottoman Empire in which local Armenians armed themselves against oppressive taxation and abuses, provoking a brutal crackdown that helped trigger the wider Hamidian massacres.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sasun resistance of 1894 canonical 3
Sasun uprising of 1904 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Armenian resistance movement ⓘ
armed conflict ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
about resistance to Ottoman taxation ⓘ
self-defense of Armenian communities ⓘ
chronology early phase of Hamidian-era Armenian conflicts ⓘ
conflictType ethno-religious conflict ⓘ
peasant revolt ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
ethnicContext Armenians ⓘ
followedBy Hamidian massacres ⓘ
hasCause abuses by local Kurdish tribes ⓘ
failure of Ottoman authorities to protect Armenians ⓘ
oppressive taxation of Armenians ⓘ
refusal of Armenians to pay excessive taxes ⓘ
hasEffect heightened international attention to Armenian question ⓘ
increased repression of Armenians in Ottoman Empire ⓘ
served as prelude to Hamidian massacres ⓘ
hasPart Ottoman military crackdown ⓘ
armed resistance by local Armenians ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
location Bitlis Vilayet ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Sasun ⓘ
mainSubject Armenian population of Sasun ⓘ
notableFor symbol of Armenian resistance in late Ottoman period ⓘ
triggering wider massacres of Armenians ⓘ
opposedBy Kurdish Hamidiye cavalry ⓘ
linked to: Hamidiye regiments

Ottoman authorities ⓘ
Ottoman regular troops ⓘ
participant Armenian villagers ⓘ
Kurdish irregulars ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Ottoman army ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Army
partOf Armenian national liberation movement ⓘ
perpetrator Kurdish irregular forces ⓘ
Ottoman military forces ⓘ
pointInTime 1894 ⓘ
politicalContext Hamidian era ⓘ
linked to: Hamidian Era
region Eastern Anatolia ⓘ
religiousContext Christian Armenians ⓘ
linked to: Armenians
significantEvent destruction of Armenian villages in Sasun ⓘ
mass killing of Armenian civilians ⓘ
under reign of Abdul Hamid II ⓘ
victim Armenian civilians ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hamidian massacres → hasCause → Sasun resistance of 1894 ⓘ
Sasun region → historicalEvent → Sasun resistance of 1894 ⓘ
Sasun → notableEvent → Sasun resistance of 1894 ⓘ
Sasun → notableEvent → Sasun uprising of 1904 ⓘ
linked to: Sasun resistance of 1894