Musa Dagh
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This article is about the mountain and battle in Hatay Province, Turkey. For the mountain in Antalya Province, see Musa Dağı (Antalya Province).
Musa Dagh (Turkish: Musa Dağı; Armenian: Մուսա լեռ, romanized: Musa leṛ;[2] Arabic: جبل موسى, romanized: Jebel Musa; meaning "Moses Mountain") is a mountain in the Hatay Province of Turkey. In 1915, it was the location of a successful Armenian resistance to the Armenian genocide, an event that inspired Franz Werfel to write the novel The Forty Days of Musa Dagh.
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Musa Dagh defense | |||||||
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Part of the Armenian genocide | |||||||
Map of the Musa Dagh Armenian Self-Defense. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Ottoman Empire | Armenians | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Captain Rifaat Bey |
Reverend Dikran Antreassian Yesayi Yakhubian Yesayi Aprahamian Nerses Kazandjian Movses Ter-Kalutsian | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
19,000 (4,000 regular troops and 15,000 fighters) |
600 fighters[1] 4,000 Armenian Civilians | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown |
18 fighters killed 12 injured |
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