1. Introduction...................................................................................................................1

2. Historical Background....................................................................................................4

3. The Rise of Anti-Armenian Attitudes and Its Ramifications....................................21

4. Conclusions.................................................................................................................45
Map:Transcaucasia in the 1720s.......................................................................................vi
Table 1. Major Battles between Armenian and Ottoman Forces
(1723-1727)....................................................................................................................20
Notes...............................................................................................................................52

Summary in Armenian......................................................................................................84