Khanasor Expedition

Khanasor Expedition
	Part of Armenian national movement
	; Armenian fedayis
Date	25–27 July 1897
Location	Plain of Khanasor; Van Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Result	Armenian victory Mazrik tribe's influence on the region nullified;
Belligerents
Armenian Revolutionary Federation; Armenian Volunteers	Kurdish Mazrik tribe of Khanasor
Commanders and leaders
Andranik Pasha; Sargis Mehrabyan; Nikol Duman; Nikoghayos Mikaelian	Sharaf beg
Strength
250 fedayees	The entire tribe
Casualties and losses
26	About 200

The Khanasor Expedition (Armenian: Խանասորի արշավանք, romanized: Xanasori aršavank',) was a punitive raid launched by Armenian fedayis against the Kurdish Mazrik tribe on July 25, 1897. In 1896, in the aftermath of the Defense of Van, the Kurdish Mazrik tribe had ambushed and slaughtered many of the Armenian defenders of Van as they were retreating into Persia. The Armenian Revolutionary Federation decided to retaliate for that atrocity, resulting in the Khanasor Expedition.^[2]

^ Claim made by the Vali of Van, as reported in the London Evening News, August 10, 1879, p3.
^ Yilmaz, Ilkay (2023-10-15). Ottoman Passports: Security and Geographic Mobility, 1876-1908. Syracuse University Press. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-8156-5693-7.

[1] Claim made by the Vali of Van, as reported in the London Evening News, August 10, 1879, p3.

[2] Yilmaz, Ilkay (2023-10-15). Ottoman Passports: Security and Geographic Mobility, 1876-1908. Syracuse University Press. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-8156-5693-7.

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