ale h ▁Res istance ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁Pers ian ▁border , ▁which ▁the ▁Armen ak ans ▁were ▁in ▁communication ▁with ▁Armen ians ▁in ▁the ▁Pers ian ▁Empire . ▁The ▁G ug un ian ▁Ex ped ition , ▁which ▁followed ▁within ▁the ▁couple ▁months , ▁was ▁an ▁attempt ▁by ▁a ▁small ▁group ▁of ▁Armen ian ▁national ists ▁from ▁the ▁Russian ▁Armen ia ▁to ▁launch ▁an ▁armed ▁expedition ▁across ▁the ▁border ▁into ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁Empire ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 0 ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁local ▁Armen ians . ▁ ▁The ▁K um ▁Kap u ▁demonstr ation ▁occurred ▁at ▁the ▁Armen ian ▁quarter ▁of ▁K um ▁Kap u , ▁the ▁seat ▁of ▁the ▁Armen ian ▁Patri arch , ▁was ▁sp ared ▁through ▁the ▁prompt ▁action ▁of ▁the ▁command ant , ▁Hass an ▁A ga . ▁On ▁ 2 7 ▁July ▁ 1 8 9 0 , ▁Har uti un ▁J ang ü li an , ▁Mih ran ▁Dam ad ian ▁and ▁Hamb art sum ▁Boy aj ian ▁interrupted ▁the ▁Armen ian ▁mass ▁to ▁read ▁a ▁manif esto ▁and ▁den ounce ▁the ▁ind ifference ▁of ▁the ▁Armen ian ▁patri arch ▁and ▁Armen ian ▁National ▁Assembly . ▁Har uti un ▁J ang ü li an ▁( member ▁from ▁Van ) ▁tried ▁to ▁assass inate ▁the ▁Patri arch ▁of ▁Ist an bul . ▁The ▁goal ▁was ▁to ▁persu ade ▁the ▁Armen ian ▁cler ics ▁to ▁bring ▁their ▁policies ▁into ▁alignment ▁with ▁the ▁national ▁politics . ▁They ▁soon ▁forced ▁the ▁patri arch ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁process ion ▁heading ▁to