Girayr

Girair or Jirair (Harutiun-Mardiros Boyadjian) (1856, Hajin, Cilicia - 1894, Yozgat) was an Armenian fedayee leader, the senior brother of Medzn Mourad. He studied at Vartanian school in Hajin and then, in Constantinople. Then he returned to Western Armenia and worked as a teacher. He propaganded the solidarity of the oppressed people of Ottoman empire, contacted with the Kurdish and Turkish revolutionary activists. Jirair founded a fedayee group for the revolutionary activities, in 1892 edited and distributed papers against the Abdul Hamid II's sultanism. After Ottoman authorities arrested 850 innocent Armenians, Jirair agreed to capitulate and was hung.^[1]

Vahram Papazian acted as Jirair in a play by Hemayag Aramiants.

References

^ Dr. Y. Jerejian, Martyrs on Bloody Path, p. 81.

Armenian Resistance (late 19th century - early 20th century)

Armenian national movement · Armenian irregular units (List of fedayees)

1880s - 1900s	Bashkale (1889) · Gugunian Expedition (1890) · Kum Kapu (1890) · Sasun (1894) · Zeitun (1895–1896) · Ottoman Bank (1896) · Van (1896) · Khanasor Expedition (1897) · Sasun (1904) · Yıldız assassination attempt (1905)

World War I	Zeitun (1915) · Van (1915) · Shabin-Karahisar (1915) · Urfa (1915) · Musa Dagh (1915)

1920s	Operation Nemesis (1920-1922)

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Name	Girayr
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Date of birth	1856
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Date of death	1894
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