Yohannes Gugarats (modern Armenian spelling Hovhannes) was an

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military leader in early 18th century. He was one of the companions of

David Bek Davit Bek or David Beg (; died 1728) was an Armenian military commander and the leader of an Armenian rebellion against invading Ottoman forces and implanted Safavid Muslim tribes in the mountainous region of Zangezur (today the Armenian provin ...

moving to Syunik from the northern

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n region of

Gugark Gugark ( hy, Գուգարք, lat, Gogarene, Greek: ''Γογαρινή'') was the 13th province of the ancient kingdom of Armenia. It now comprises parts of northern Armenia, northeast Turkey, and southwest Georgia. Etymology Etymologically ...

circa 1722. According to Ghukas Sebastatsi'
History of Kapan
Gugarats commanded a 6,500 strong detachment of Gugark Armenians in the (ultimately unsuccessful) siege of the

Vorotnaberd Vorotnaberd ( hy, Որոտանաբերդ; also Davit Bek's Castle) is an important fortress along a ridge overlooking the Vorotan gorge, between the villages of Vaghatin and Vorotan in the Syunik Province of Armenia. Vorotnaberd is above se ...

castle, considered impregnable. He later rescued

's treasury and liberated the Armenian hostages taken by the Turks in Shnher town. He settled in the town of

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References

Ghukas Sebastatsi
''Patmutiun Ghapantsiots'', History of Kapan,

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Manuscript 2685. Armenian military personnel {{Armenia-mil-bio-stub