Agavni is from Erzerum, where the Armenians suffered particularly during the wartime. She was deported with her mother and three brothers. Near Diarbekir they were attacked by Kurds and Arabs, who robbed, killed and dragged away with them women and children. Agavni, who was wounded in her chest, fell unconscious to the ground. A Kurd pitied her. He said: "I am no murderer, do not fear," and he carried Agavni and her mother to his house. Some years they stayed with that man, then the mother died and soon after also their benefactor. Agavni was then forced to marry a young Kurd. One day she was working on the field, she met with an Armenian priest from Mardin, who told her about Miss Jeppe's house. He helped her to pass the Syrian frontier, and she is now with her little girl staying in our home.

Left our care: January 24, 1931. Married in Aleppo.

Daughter:

No. 1785. Azniv, 1