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This occurred on 3 October 1921 when Pessian and his small force of 150 gendarmes faced a force of strong 1,000 plus mounted Kurdish tribesmen. In the fight that ensued some of the Gendarmes left the battle field. Many of Pessian’s comrades were killed and he was eventually surrounded and beheaded. His head was brought to capital to prove that he had been killed. For five continuous years after his death, on 3 October people of Khorasan mourned his death.
