1904 Sasun uprising

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Sasun uprising
Part of Armenian resistance during the Armenian genocide
The location of the 1904 Sasun uprising (in orange) and the Bitlis Vilayet (in yellow).
Date March–April 1904 Location Sason, Bitlis Vilayet, Ottoman Empire Result Uprising suppressed
Belligerents
Ottoman Empire	Armenian fedayi
Commanders and leaders
Wāli of Bitlis	Hrayr Dzhoghk  †
Strength
10,000 Ottoman troops, 7,000 Kurds[1]	1,000 Armenian irregular units, 3,000 Armenians from Sasun[1]

The Sasun uprising or Sasun rebellion of 1904 (Armenian: Սասունի երկրորդ ապստամբութիւնը, Sasuni yerkrord apstambut'yunĕ, literally Second Sassoun resistance) was an uprising by Armenian militia against the Ottoman Empire in Turkey's Sason region in 1904. The empire wanted to prevent the formation of another semi-autonomous Armenian region in the eastern vilayets after its defeat in the First Zeitun Rebellion. In Sason, the Armenian national liberation movement recruited young Armenians. Upon investigation, a European mission concluded that Armenians were not at fault, but rather acted in self-defense. The mission called for the sultan to enforce the reforms that were previously pledged.^[2]