Slaughter of Armenians at Sason in August 1894
Slaughter of Armenians at Sason in August 1894 by Kurds. Sason, a province in Eastern Turkey, was the first Armenia area attacked in 1894. Forty villages were leveled, and approximately 10, 000 killed. The Massacres were instigated when Armenian peasants resisted depredations of Muslim Kurds. (BSLOC_2013_5_3)
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10999603
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45253166
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Everett Collection / Mary Evans
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Everett Collection
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