Arshavir shiragian biography definition
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Arshavir shiragian biography definition
Arshavir Shirakian
Armenian Killer (d. 1973)
Arshavir Shirakian (also Shiragian, Armenian: Արշաւիր Շիրակեան; January 1, 1902[1] or 1900 – April 12, 1973) was an Armenian writer and assassin who was noted for his assassination of Said Halim Pasha and Cemal Azmi as an act of vengeance for their roles in the Armenian genocide.
His memoirs, It was the Will for the Martyrs (Կտակն էր Նահատակներուն), is a description of his life during the Armenian genocide and the Operation Nemesis.
Life
Arshavir Shirakian was born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, in 1900.[2] Shirakian grew up around many members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.
During the Armenian Genocide, Shirakian was entrusted the job of smuggling weapons and delivering secret messages amongst party members.[2] Shirakian would describe in his memoirs that during those days, there were many hate rallies against Armenians and that many Armenian establishments were vandalized such