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Hovsep Arghutian's Postcard

Prince Hovsep Arghutian (Armenian: Յովսէփ Արղութեան; 1863 – 1925), also known as Khanasori Ishkhan and Ishkhan Arghutian, was an Armenian military commander and political activist. In the late 1880s, he took up an active role in the Armenian affairs in the Ottoman Empire. In 1889, he made his way into the empire's eastern Anatolian provinces, where he worked with underground revolutionary groups, including the leader Arabo. He participated in the 1897 Khanasor Expedition.

An ARF member, he became a member of Armenian parliament in 1919, then became the ambassador of the First Republic of Armenia to Persia.

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