He was captured and taken to prison where his captors broke his leg to prevent any possibility of escape.

As negotiator, he proposed that France take the mandate of independent Cilicia in 1920.

[3] On 5 August 1920, Damadian declared the independence of Cilicia as an Armenian autonomous republic under French protectorate.

[4] He ran the gauntlet of Turkish guerrillas on the mountain road to Adana.

[5] His grand-grandson is stage and opera director and actor Gerald Papasian.