A fedayee group fighting under the ARF banner. The text reads
Liberty or Death. |Active||1880s - 1920s| |Allegiance||Dashnak,
Hunchak, Armenakan| |Size||up to few thousands|
|Motto||Ազատութիւն կամ Մահ (Azatut'yun kam Mah, Liberty or
Death)| |Engagements||Armenian national movement (late 19th -
early 20th centuries)| Fedayees (Western Armenian: Ֆէտայի
Fedayi; Eastern Armenian: Ֆիդայի Fidayi), also known as the
Armenian irregular units or Armenian militia, were Armenian
civilians who voluntary left their families to form self-defense
units and armed bands in reaction to the mass murder of
Armenians and the pillage of Armenian villages by criminals,
tribal Kurdish forces, and Hamidian guards during the reign of
Abdul Hamid II in late 19th and early 20th centuries, know as
the Hamidian massacres. Their ultimate goal was always to gain
Armenian autonomy (Armenakans) or independence (Dashnaks,
Hunchaks) depending on their ideology and the degree of
oppression visited on Armenians. Goals and activities Armenian
feda