1894 Sasun rebellion
| First Sasun Resistance | |||||||
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| Part of Armenian resistance during the Armenian genocide | |||||||
Location of the 1894 and 1904 Sasun uprisings | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Hunchak Party | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Mihran Damadian Hampartsoum Boyadjian Hrayr Dzhoghk | Abdul Hamid II | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 8,000 | 10,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 20,000 rebel and civilians | 550 | ||||||
The Sasun rebellion of 1894, also known as the First Sasun resistance (Armenian: Սասնո առաջին ապստամբութիւն), was the conflict between Ottoman Empire's Hamidiye forces and the Armenian fedayi belonging to the Armenian national movement's Hunchakian party in the Sasun region.