Khachatur Malumian

Khachatur Malumian was born in 1863 in Meghri (in modern day Syunik Province, Armenia) in the Russian Empire.

[3] During the 1909 failed coup against the Young Turk government, Aknuni hid Mehmed Talaat in his own home to help him escape the putschists.

[7] In 1910–11, he gave speeches in Armenian communities in America, Egypt, Lebanon, Izmir, and Erzurum.

On June 2, Malumian and five other Armenian political leaders, Rupen Zartarian, Nazaret Daghavarian, Karekin Khajag, Harutiun Jangulian, and Sarkis Minassian, were moved out of Ayaş on the pretense of being transported to Diyarbakır to face a court-martial.

In reality, after passing through Aleppo, Malumian and the others were killed on the way between Urfa and Severek in a place called Karacur by members of the paramilitary Special Organization.

[9] At the time of the deportation, Aknuni reportedly continued to defend his earlier positions and believed that Talaat was a "noble character," citing the fact that Talaat had visited him two weeks earlier when Aknuni was sick.