The Armenian Revolutionary Federation decided to retaliate for that atrocity, resulting in the Khanasor Expedition.

For their settlement the party sent in Tavriz Harutiun Shahrigian and as a result they come to conclusion of holding an action.

[3] Although ARF founder Rosdom's brother Garo and 25 other fedayees were among the casualties,[4] the Khanasor expedition was a small triumph for the Armenians, both militarily and morally.

[5] As a result, Armenians built up their self-confidence; their belief in their ability to defend themselves was now reinforced.

Gurgen Mahari, as part of a critique of the effectiveness of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, had a character in his novel The Burning Orchards question whether the high moral and strategic significance the Dashnaktsutyun gave to the Khanasor Expedition's results was justified, or whether the expedition, and other acts like the Ottoman Bank siege, were just isolated incidents whose sum total did not relieve the oppression of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire.