The organization "Difai" ( azerb. Difai , Defense ) is a secret organization formed in 1905 in the city of Ganja in order to counter the Armenian party Dashnaktsutyun [1] . The organization was created by influential Ganja - Hudadat Bek Rafibeyli , Shafi Bek Rustambekov, brothers Agalar and Khalil Khasmamedov , Ismail Ziyatkhanov , Nasib Bek Usubbekov , Akhmed Bek Agayev and Hasan Bek Agayev . [2]
| Difai | |
|---|---|
| azerb. Difai | |
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| Established | 1905 |
| Dissolution date | 1920 |
Among its members were also Kara Karabekov , Behbud Khan Javanshir , Geraibek Geraibekov, Mammad Hasan Gadzhinsky , Isabek Ashurbekov and Niftali bey Beibutov [3] [4] . The organization’s leaders also believed that the Russian authorities supported the Armenians in order to provoke conflicts in the Caucasus, in order to oppose the unification of its inhabitants. Therefore, Difai also directed its efforts against a number of Russian officials, organizing their assassination. [2]
To put an end to intercommunal strife, Difai began to maintain contacts with the Dashnaktsutyun and the Ottoman Decentralization League. [2]
After 1909, its activities were suspended, right up to the February Revolution of 1917, when it entered the Executive Committee of Public Organizations of Ganja. [2]
Notes
- ↑ Tadeusz Sventohovsky , Brian C. Collins. Historical dictionary of Azerbaijan . - USA: Scarecrow Press, 1999 .-- S. 47-48. - 145 p. - ISBN 0810835509 .Original textDIFAI (DEFENSE) . A secret organization formed in 1905 in the city of Ganja as a counterterrorist force against the Armenian Dashnaktsutiun party.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Tadeusz Sventochowski , Brian C. Collins. Historical dictionary of Azerbaijan . - USA: Scarecrow Press, 1999 .-- S. 47-48. - 145 p. - ISBN 0810835509 .
- ↑ Documents on Russian history in Transcaucasia. B. 1920. Page 25
- ↑ Doctor of Philology, prof. Aydin Dadashov. Behbud xan Cavan // Difai: Newspaper. Archived March 15, 2012.
See also
- Terrorism of Armenian Nationalists