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Fire
1884 y․

On 27 July 1884 and 26 July 1887, the Turkish powers again used the method of fire to settle their problems in Zeitun: in the first case, over 1,000 houses were burnt, while in the second, only 100 of the 2,000 buildings escaped the flames.

Պողոսյան Հ., Զեյթունի պատմությունը, Երևան, 1969, էջ 302-303: Karapetian Samvel, The “Accidental” Fires of the Ottoman Empire, in: "Vardzk", 2012, N 5, p. 13.

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