On 24 April 1915, Parsegh Shahbaz was arrested in
Istanbul in the middle of the night
deportation of Armenian notables during the
Armenian genocide. Shahabaz was deported to
Ayash along with other Armenian intellectuals. He was sent to
M. Aziz, where it was believed that Shahbaz was "murdered in the road between
Harput and
Malatya." In a letter to Miss. Zaruhi Bahri and Evgine Khachigian, Shahbaz wrote from
Aintab on 6 July 1915 that due to his wounded feet and stomach aches, he would rest for 6–7 days until he had to continue the 8–10 days journey to M. Aziz. But he had no idea why he was sent there. ==See also==