Shahmuradiants Grave-stone :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Shahmuradiants Grave-stone 1906 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Dashkesan / Banants

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1906 y․

8 versified lines in the Armenian original carved on a white marble tombstone (140 x 40 x 60 centimetres):
Beneath this grave[stone] reposes Zakar Shahmuradiants, a valorous Dashnak soldier from Banants, who suffered martyrdom in the gardens of Banants at the age of 34 on 16 May 1906. The other face reads: My brave friends, continue your struggle against the Turks and take vengeance for me with your powerful guns. May your arms thunder in our gorges and mountains; their formidable reports will reach me in my grave.
The Armenian original published in: “Gardmank,” 1996, No. 3, p. 14.