Armenia's Secret Resistance: The Fedayee Fighters of 1894-1896

In the 1890s, long before the genocide of 1915, Armenian fedayee guerrilla bands launched a desperate armed resistance against Sultan Abdul Hamid II's massacres and Kurdish irregulars. This episode zeroes in on the fedayee movement — their origins in the mountainous regions of Sasun and Zeitun, their legendary leaders like Serob Aghbiur, Aghbiur Serob, Andranik Ozanian, and the secret supply networks that ran from Persia and the Caucasus. We cover the 1894 Sasun Resistance, where a handful of poorly armed fighters held off an Ottoman army for weeks, and the symbolic impact of the 1896 Ottoman Bank takeover in Constantinople. Lucas and Luna explore how these early guerrilla actions shaped Armenian revolutionary consciousness, influenced the Dashnak and Hunchak parties, and forced Europe to — briefly — pay attention to the Armenian Question. Drawing on memoirs, British consular reports, and Armenian oral traditions, this episode reveals a story of courage under impossible odds that is often overshadowed by the later genocide. #ArmenianFedayee #SasunResistance #Zeitun #SerobAghbiur #AndranikOzanian #Dashnaktsutyun #Hunchakian #HamidianMassacres #OttomanBank1896 #ArmenianQuestion #GuerrillaWarfare #OttomanEmpire #SultanAbdulHamidII #AghbiurSerob #Resistance #CaucasusHistory #FexingoHistory #ArmenianHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo