Միհրան Մինասեան
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2018
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The author introduces seven unpublished documents related to the massacres of Kesab in 1909.
Four of these documents are reports written by Roupen Edjzadjian and Hovhannes Djeredjian, who were sent to the region by the Aleppo prelacy to examine and provide first hand information and data on the living conditions of the local population. One of the documents is a partial list of the names of Kessab Armenians who were killed during the massacres and is enriched with further details. Three of the documents were written by the local clerics.
The documents shed light on the population during the post-massacres period, their dire living conditions, the extreme poverty, the danger of famine, the halting of state relief, the freeing of a number of the criminals from jails and their uncontrolled circulation on the streets, the desperation prevailing among the population, and similar issues. One of the documents provides very important statistics on the local population and the material losses it sustained including the destruction of personal and public properties, like houses and churches.
These documents shed new light on the 1909 massacres in Kesab and extend academic knowledge on the Cilician Massacres to include the episodic information known about their extension to the Kesab region.
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Մինասեան, Մ., «Անտիպ փաստաթուղթեր Քեսապի 1909ի կոտորածին մասին», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2018, Պէյրութ, էջ 655-677