Yeprem Khan
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| Birth name | Yeprem Davidian |
| Nickname(s) | Khan |
| Born | 1868 Barsum, Elisabethpol Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 18 May 1912 (aged 43–44) Shurcheh, Kangavar, Iran |
| Allegiance |
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| Years of service | 1896—1912 |
| Battles/wars |
Armenian National Liberation Movement Persian Constitutional Revolution |
 Yeprem Khan, a patriotic song performed by Samvel Yeranyan on YouTube
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Yeprem Khan (Armenian: Եփրեմ Խան; 1868–1912), born Yeprem Davidian (Armenian: Եփրեմ Դավթյան, Persian: یپرمخان داویدیان), was an Iranian-Armenian revolutionary leader and a leading figure in the Constitutional Revolution of Iran. He is considered a national hero in Iran.
Yeprem Khan was born to an Armenian family in the village of Barsum (Armenian: Բարսում), located in Elisabethpol (Ganja) Governorate of the Russian Empire (located in present-day Azerbaijan).
As a youth, Yeprem participated in Armenian nationalist groups and partisan activities against the Ottoman Empire. In September 1890, Yeprem was arrested by the Russian Cossacks and exiled to Siberia by 1892, from where he managed to escape to Tabriz in 1896. While in Tabriz, he began working for the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF Dashnaktsutiun), whose activity in Persia was primarily directed against the Ottoman Empire, and established its local branches in Tabriz and Rasht.
Yeprem was highly instrumental in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, and, by 1907, convinced ARF to participate in it. After the Persian national parliament was shelled by the Russian Colonel Vladimir Liakhov, Yeprem Khan joined up with Sattar Khan and other revolutionary leaders in the Constitutional Revolution of Iran against Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar.
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