Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: Drastamat Kanayan was born in , Surmalu ( IÄ dÄ r ) , Russian Empire ( present-day Turkey ) in 1884 .
Simplified: Drastamat Kanayan was born in IÄ dÄ r , Surmalu , Russian Empire ( present-day Turkey ) in 1884 .