Davit Bek

Davit Bek

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 54,602 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Davit Bek is the 1,082nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,012th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Armenia (down from 30th in 2019) and the most popular Armenian Military Personnel.