Arabo

Arabo
Arabo (c. 1890)
Native name	Արաբօ
Birth name	Stepanos Mkhitarian
Nickname(s)	Arabo
Born	1863 Kurter village, Bitlis Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	1893 (aged 29–30) The road from Khnus to Mush, Ottoman Empire
Allegiance	Armenian fedayi
Years of service	late 1880s—1893
Battles/wars	Armenian National Liberation Movement

Arabo (Armenian: Արաբօ, 1863–1893), born Stepanos Mkhitarian, also known as Arakel, was a famed Armenian fedayi (freedom fighter) of the late 19th century, one of the first fedayis.

Arabo was born in the village of Kurtis (Bitlis province). Arabo studied at the Arakelots monastery school in Mush. Since the late-1880s, he led Armenian fedayi groups of Sasun and Taron. In 1892, he was arrested by Turkish authorities and sentenced for 15 years imprisonment, but escaped from prison and resumed fedayi activities. Since 1889 he returned to the Caucasus several times to continue his fedayi activities. He took part in first ARF conference in 1892. In spring of 1893 he returned to his country from Kars to help rebels of Sasun, but was killed in 1893 during the battle against Kurdish gangs on the road from Khnus to Mush (Western Armenia) with his 4 friends.

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