Characters who will figure in the defense of the mountain also come into more relief , such as the loner and Ottoman Army deserter Sarkis Kilikian ( who suffered the loss of his entire family during the pogrom-like Hamidian massacres ) and the former drillmaster , Chaush Nurhan . Indeed , Musa Dagh is presented as a microcosm of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Armenian life , as well as being a test not only of Bagradian 's leadership but a test of his marriage and fatherhood
Hamidian massacres
Hamidian massacres
The Forty Days of Musa Dagh