Disappearance
On April 14, 1848, Abovian went out of his house for an early morning walk and was never seen again. His mysterious disappearance remains unresolved. His wife Emilia did not report him missing for a month. Their children, Vartan (1840–1896) and a daughter, Zarmandought later known as Adelaide (1843–1909), were ages eight and five when he vanished. Numerous theories have been proposed attempting to explain his disappearance: that he committed suicide, was murdered by his Persian or Turkish enemies, or arrested and exiled to Siberia by the Special Corps of Gendarmes, among others. Given his love for his children and their young age it is generally disregarded that Abovian committed suicide. Writer Axel Bakunts put forward the theory that Abovian was in Western Europe engulfed in the Revolutions of 1848.
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