1894 Sasun rebellion

First Sasun Resistance
	; Location of the 1894 and 1904 Sasun uprisings
Date	1894
Location	Sasun, Bitlis Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Result	Ottoman victory Suppression of the Armenian resistance, followed by wholesale massacres of Armenian civilian population;
Belligerents
Hunchak Party	Ottoman Empire Hamidiye;
Commanders and leaders
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.

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