In the beginning of the general war his father was a soldier in the Turkish army. He with his mother, one sister and two brothers were deported with the caravan. On reaching Surudj, on the banks of the river Euphrates, he lost his elder brother. In the village Khanbantran he lost the second brother. While his mother and sister were forced to go with the caravan, he hid himself in a corner and remained in the streets of the village Ser-bor. There a man named Hadjo-el-Ismael took him to his house and kept for eleven years during which time he was employed as an agricultural laborer. Once he came on business to Surudj where he was informed about the Armenians in Aleppo. He did not return to his master but came straight to Arabpounar whence by our agent he was sent to our reception-house.

Left our care: November 15, 1926. Selfsupporting.