▁Sh ay kh ▁U bay d ▁Al lah ▁of ▁N ih ri ▁gathered ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁f igh ters . ▁L ack ing ▁discipline , ▁his ▁man ▁left ▁the ▁ranks ▁after ▁pill aging ▁and ▁acqu iring ▁rich es ▁from ▁the ▁villages ▁in ▁the ▁region ▁( ind isc rimin ately , ▁including ▁Armen ian ▁villages ). ▁Sh ay kh ▁U bay d ▁Al lah ▁of ▁N ih ri ▁captured ▁by ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁forces ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 2 ▁and ▁this ▁movement ▁ended . ▁ ▁The ▁Bash k ale h ▁cl ash ▁was ▁the ▁blo ody ▁encounter ▁between ▁the ▁Armen ak an ▁Party ▁and ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁Empire ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 8 8 9 . ▁Its ▁name ▁comes ▁from ▁Ba ş k ale , ▁a ▁border ▁town ▁of ▁Van ▁E y alet ▁of ▁the ▁Ott oman ▁Empire . ▁The ▁event ▁was ▁important , ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁reflected ▁on ▁main ▁Armen ian ▁newsp apers ▁as ▁the ▁recovered ▁documents ▁on ▁the ▁Armen ak ans ▁showed ▁an ▁extensive ▁plot ▁for ▁a ▁national ▁movement . ▁Ott oman ▁officials ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁men ▁were ▁members ▁of ▁a ▁large ▁revolution ary ▁appar atus ▁and ▁the ▁discussion ▁was ▁reflected ▁on ▁newsp apers , ▁( E astern ▁Express , ▁Oriental ▁Ad vert iser , ▁Sa ad et , ▁and ▁Tar ik ) ▁and ▁the ▁responses ▁were ▁on ▁the ▁Armen ian ▁papers . ▁In ▁some ▁Armen ian ▁circles , ▁this ▁event ▁was ▁considered ▁as ▁a ▁mart yr dom ▁and ▁brought ▁other ▁armed ▁conflicts . ▁The ▁Bash k