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Armenian presence in Cilicia dates back to the first century BC, when under Tigranes the Great, the Kingdom of Armenia expanded and conquered a vast region in the Levant. In 83 BC, the Greek aristocracy of Seleucid Syria, weakened by a bloody civil war, offered their allegiance to the ambitious Armenian king. [ 11 ]
French Armenian Legion: Armenian-Georgian War Georgia: October 17-December 31, 1918 Republic of Armenia: Marash Resistance: Ottoman Empire: Cilicia Campaign of Turkish War of Independence: January 21-February 13, 1920 French Armenian Legion: Second Urfa Resistance: Ottoman Empire: Cilicia Campaign of Turkish War of Independence: February 9 ...
One of the key figures in the formation of the Armenian Legion (initially known as the Legion of the Orient) was Boghos Nubar, who sought to secure compensation for the Armenians after the war. [3] This included the promise of an autonomous Armenian Cilicia under French protection.
French Government sent four battalions of the Armenian Legion in December to take over and oversee the repatriation of more than 170,000 Armenians to Cilicia. Returning Armenians negotiated with France to establish an autonomous State of Cilicia .
The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia and the surrounding area. The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia was a state formed in the Middle Ages by Armenian refugees, who were fleeing the Seljuk invasion of Armenia. [1] It was initially founded by the Rubenian dynasty, an offshoot of the larger Bagratid family that at various times held the thrones of Armenia ...
France disbanded the French Armenian Legion shortly after the war started. One of the Armenian Legion members, Sarkis Torossian, wrote in his diary that he suspected the French forces gave weapons and ammunition to the Kemalists to allow the French army safe passage out of Cilicia. [119]
The Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia mirrored the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem in it selection of great offices: constable, marshal, seneschal, admiral, Chamberlain, butler, chancellor and at certain times also bailiff. The Officers of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia are as follows:
Category: Military history of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. 3 languages.