Halidzor Fortress, near the modern city of Kapan, Armenia
Result
Armenian victory (The Ottomans abandon the siege)
Belligerents
Armenians of Syunik
Ottoman Empire
Armenian defectors[1]
Commanders and leaders
David Bek Mkhitar Sparapet Ter Avetis
Unknown
Strength
300[1]
70,000 (likely exaggerated)[1][3]
Casualties and losses
Light[1]
13,000[1]
The Battle of Halidzor (Armenian: Հալիձորի ճակատամարտ) took place in the spring of 1727 at Halidzor Fortress, in what is now the Syunik region of Armenia, near the modern-day city of Kapan, between the Armenian forces under the leadership of David Bek and the Ottoman army.
^ abcdeMikayel Chamchian, History of Armenia, in The Heritage of Armenian Literature, Volume III: From the Eighteenth Century to Modern Times, eds. Agop Jack Hacikyan et al. (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2005), pp. 176–179.
^Aivazian, Armen M. (1997). The Armenian Rebellion of the 1720s and the Threat of Genocidal Reprisal(PDF). Yerevan: American University of Armenia. p. 20. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
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