Mkhitar Sparapet

Mkhitar Sparapet (Armenie: Մխիթար Սպարապետ; Sparapet meanin "general", "constable" or rather "supreme commander o the airmit forces") (?-1730) wis an 18t century Armenie naitional hero an pairticipant in the struggle for preservin the Armenie heritage in the Zangezur region o Transcaucasie. He wis instrumental in David Bek's victories ower the forces o Safavid Iran an the Ottoman Empire in Armenie's Zangezur region. Thair main heidquarters wur at the fortress o Halidzor which servit as the admeenistrative centre for Syunik an aw. Mkhitar servit as chief aide tae Bek an later his successor efter his daith in 1728.

Mkhitar Sparapet Մխիթար Սպարապետ
Born	?
Dee'd	1730 Murthered bi Armenie veelagers o Khndzoresk.
Buried at	A tomb in a gorge near Nerkin Khndzoresk an Auld Khndzoresk.
Allegiance	Armenie naitional muivement
Years o service	1722/5-1728; 1728-1730
Rank	Sparapet

In 1730, Mkhitar wis murthert bi Armeniee veelagers o Khndzoresk, who haed implored him tae hae his awn fortifications destroyed durin his conflicts rather than thair veelage. His heid wis presentit tae the Ottoman Pasha at Tabriz, who foond this act o treachery detestable an haed the murtherers decapitatit. The tomb o Mkhitar Sparapet is locatit in a gorge no far frae Nerkin Khndzoresk an Auld Khndzoresk.

Popular cultur

Mkhitar wis ane o the characters o the Soviet "David Bek" film o 1944. Anither movie, made in 1978 bi Armenfilmand Mosfilm, bore the name o Mkhitar Sparapet an enjoyed success in the Armenie Soviet Socialist Republic.

References

• Kiesling, Brady (2005), Rediscovering Armenia: Guide, Yerevan, Armenia: Matit Graphic Design Studio
• Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 96; oreeginal airchived at Archive.org, an current version online on Armeniapedia.org.