Prince Hovsep Arghutian (; 1863 – 1925), also known as Khanasori Ishkhan and Ishkhan Arghutian, was an

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n military commander and political activist.

Biography

Hovsep Arghutian was born in

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to an aristocratic family. His family drew its descent from the Armenian Argutinsky-Dolgorukov noble family . Arghutian graduated from the Nersisian Seminary in

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and was a school teacher in the village of Jalaloghly (now

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). In the late 1880s, he took up an active role in the Armenian affairs in the

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. In 1889, he made his way into the empire's eastern Anatolian provinces, where he worked with underground revolutionary groups, including the leader

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. He participated in the 1897

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. Afterward, he was arrested as a Russian citizen by Persian authorities and sent to

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, but was soon released. During the 1905-1907 Armenian-Tatar disturbances, he helped organized Armenian self-defense groups. Arghutian led the 7th Armenian Volunteer Battalion during

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. An

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member, he became a member of Armenian parliament in 1919, then became the ambassador of the First Republic of Armenia to

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. In 1922, he moved to

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. He died in

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three years later.

References

*Concise Armenian Encyclopedia, Ed. by acad. K. Khudaverdyan,

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, 1990, Vol. 1, p. 389. *Эдуард Оганесян. Век борьбы. Т.1. Изд. "Феникс", Мюнхен-Москва, 1991, стр.78, 92 (in Russian). {{DEFAULTSORT:Arghutian, Hovsep 1863 births 1925 deaths People from Lori Province Armenian fedayi Armenian nationalists Armenian people of World War I Armenian politicians People of the First Republic of Armenia Ambassadors of Armenia to Iran