Usub Bek Temuryan (died on January 12, 1934) was a Yezidi from Armenia and a member of the parliament of the First Republic of Armenia, a major political, national, and a military leader. Since 1896 he had been a leader of the Yazidis of Transcaucasia. Usub Bek also participated in the Battle of Sardarabad in 1918.[1][2]
In a letter from Usub Bek to the Emperor of Russia from the Romanov dynasty, Usub Bek wrote that his people are Yezidi Kurds. He indicates his ethnicity as Kurdish, but specifies that they are Yezidi by religion:
"I am happy on behalf of 3,000 Families of Yezidi-Kurds, Who 60 years ago, led by my Grandfather Temur Agha, left Turkey and sought refuge in Russia[.] I would like to express my gratitude and wish success to you and your family[.] We live very well on earth and under your rule."[3][2]
In 2007, a school in the village of Shamiram was named in honor of Usub Bek Temuryan.[4]
References
edit- ^ Avetisyan, Vigen (2018-11-11). "Usub Bek Temuryants in the Heroic Pages of History". Art-A-Tsolum. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- ^ a b Մուրադյան, Մանուկ Նորիկի (2012). Ուսուբ Բեկ: ուրվագծեր եզդի ժողովրդի, ազգապետերի մի տոհմի, հայ-եզդիական կապերի պատմության (in Armenian). Հայաստան.
- ^ "Усув Бег: курды-езиды благодарят императора России | RiaTaza" (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-02-25.
- ^ "New symbol of friendship between Armenians and Yezidi: Street to be named after hero Usub bek Temuryants". armenpress.am. Retrieved 2021-02-25.