Krikor Zohrab

Krikor Zohrab was an influential Armenian writer, politician, and lawyer from Constantinople. At the onset of the Armenian Genocide he was arrested by the Turkish government and sent to appear before a military court in Diyarbakr. En route, at a locality called Karakpr or eytanderesi on the outskirts of Urfa, he was murdered by a band of known brigands under the leadership of erkez Ahmet, Halil and Nazm some time betweenJuly andJuly 1915

Zohrab was born into a wealthy family in Beikta, Istanbul onJune 1861. His early education was completed at a local Armenian Catholic school. He received a civil engineering degree from Galatasaray Institute, but did not work in that field. Instead, he enrolled in a newly opened law school, the Imperial University of Jurisprudence, and received his law degree in 1882. He was a revered lawyer in the courts of the Ottoman Empire. He became a professor at the university, teaching law. At the age of 27, he married Clara Yazejian, and fathered two daughters and two sons. One of the daughters, Dolores Zohrab Liebmann, eventually became an American philanthropist.

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