Battle of Halidzor

Battle of Halidzor
	Part of the Syunik rebellion
Date	February 26–March 7, 1727
Location	Halidzor Fortress, near the modern city of Kapan, Armenia
Result	Armenian victory (The Ottomans abandon the siege)
Belligerents
Armenians of Syunik	Ottoman Empire; Armenian defectors;
Commanders and leaders
David Bek; Mkhitar Sparapet; Ter Avetis	Unknown
Strength
300	70,000 Ottomans; 100 Armenian defectors;
Casualties and losses
Light	13,000

The Battle of Halidzor (Armenian: Հալիձորի ճակատամարտ) took place in the spring of 1727 at Halidzor Fortress, in what is now the Syunik region of Armenia, near the modern-day city of Kapan, between the Armenian forces under the leadership of David Bek and the Ottoman army.

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