Muslim uprisings in Kars and Sharur–Nakhichevan
…that it was determined that there was "not a single Turkish soldier in these villages". Encouraged by the uprisings near Yerevan, on 18 July 1919, Halil Sami Bey crossed the border from Doğubayazıt into Sharur to lead a local cavalry unit. The British command later received word that the Armenian authorities in…