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Arabo born Arakel was a famed Armenia
Armenia
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 commander of the later 19th century, one of the first fedayees .

Arabo studied at Arakelots monastery school in Mush
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. Since late-1880s he led Armenian fedayee groups of Sasun and Taron. In 1892, he was arrested by Turkish authorities, sentenced for 15 years imprisonment, but escaped from prison and resumed fedayee activities.

Arabo was killed in 1893 during the battle against Kurdish gangs on the road from Khnus
Hinis
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 to Mush (Western Armenia
Western Armenia
Western Armenia is a term, primarily used by Armenians, to refer to Armenian-inhabited areas of the Armenian Highland that were part of the Ottoman Empire and now are part of the Republic of Turkey....

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