MILITARY PERSONNEL

Davit Bek

1669 - 1728

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Davit Bek or David Beg (Armenian: Դավիթ Բէկ (classical) Դավիթ Բեկ (reformed); died 1728) was an Armenian military commander and the leader of an Armenian rebellion against the invading Ottoman Empire and implanted Safavid Muslim tribes in the mountainous region of Zangezur (today the Armenian province of Syunik and part of the province of Vayots Dzor). He was one of the most prominent military figures of the Armenian liberation movement of the 18th century. After the fall of the Safavids in 1722, Davit Bek established himself as the military leader of the local Armenians of Syunik and Kapan during the Ottoman Turkish invasion and the attacks of the local Muslim tribes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Davit Bek has received more than 58,582 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Davit Bek is the 1,155th most popular military personnel (down from 1,082nd in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Armenia (down from 33rd in 2019) and the most popular Armenian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Davit Bek ranks 1,155 out of 2,058. Before him are Jirō Minami, Shi Jingtang, Piet Cronjé, Roussel de Bailleul, Otto Deßloch, and Stanisław Maczek. After him are Leosthenes, Stjepan Sarkotić, Otto von Knobelsdorff, Archelaus, Anton Tus, and Khiuaz Dospanova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1669, Davit Bek ranks 8. Before him are Anne Marie d'Orléans, Louis Marchand, Wirich Philipp von Daun, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, Isabel Luísa, Princess of Beira, and Maria Antonia of Austria. After him are Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Sébastien Vaillant, Jacob Bruce, Johann Nicolaus Bach, and Kanhoji Angre. Among people deceased in 1728, Davit Bek ranks 13. Before him are Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg, Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, Maria Aurora von Königsmarck, William Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, and Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. After him are Fyodor Apraksin, Jacob Heinrich von Flemming, Cotton Mather, Ogyū Sorai, Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard.

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In Armenia

Among people born in Armenia, Davit Bek ranks 36 out of 163. Before him are Silva Kaputikyan (1919), Karen Demirchyan (1932), Frunzik Mkrtchyan (1930), Vazgen Sargsyan (1959), Andranik Margaryan (1949), and Henrikh Mkhitaryan (1989). After him are Avetik Isahakyan (1875), Ghazar Parpetsi (442), Mariam Aslamazian (1907), Eznik of Kolb (380), Shavarsh Karapetyan (1953), and Gennady Timchenko (1952).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Armenia

Among military personnels born in Armenia, Davit Bek ranks 1. After him are Robert Abajyan (1996).

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