Native name Արաբօ Years of service late 1880s—1893 Name Stepanos Mkhitarian | Nickname(s) Arabo Birth name Stepanos Mkhitarian | |
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Died 1893 (aged 29–30)The road from Khnus to Mush, Ottoman Empire | ||
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Arabo (Armenian: Արաբօ, 1863–1893), born Arakel Avedisian, was a famed Armenian fedayi (freedom fighter) of the late 19th century, one of the first fedayis.
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Arabo was born in the village of Kurtis (Bitlis province). Arabo studied at the Arakelots monastery school in Mush. Since the late-1880s, he led Armenian fedayi groups of Sasun and Taron. In 1892, he was arrested by Turkish authorities and sentenced for 15 years imprisonment, but escaped from prison and resumed fedayi activities. Since 1889 he returned to the Caucasus several times to continue his fedayi activities. He took part in first ARF conference in 1892. In spring of 1893 he returned to his country from Kars to help rebels of Sasun, but was killed in 1893 during the battle against Kurdish gangs on the road from Khnus to Mush (Western Armenia) with his 4 friends.