The Assyrian Genocide , also called Sayfo , took place during the First World War. But when it was going on was overshadowed by that of the contemporary Armenian genocide . When the war was over and peace negotiations began , the Assyrians began to t ...
The Assyrian Genocide , also called Sayfo , took place during the First World War. But when it was going on was overshadowed by that of the contemporary Armenian genocide . When the war was over and peace negotiations began , the Assyrians began to take stock of their losses. At the time, worked all the different churches and agreed behind the nationality concept Assyro - Chaldeans . Inspired by the promises they received from England and Russia hoped they achieve their own Assyrian state in northern Mesopotamia.
In this volume are collected contemporary documents relating to the genocide and the requirements Assyrians rendered during the peace negotiations in Paris. The documents originate from Mesopotamian collection , founded by Jan BET Şawoce . Most of the documents here presented in Swedish translation has not previously been available. Many come from obscure journals such as the Beirut published L' Action Assyro - Chaldéenne and the New Jersey issued Beth - Nahrin . It has taken many years of tracing just to get in the papers and in addition , it has sometimes been required unusual expertise to translate the lyrics.
The book begins with articles from L' Action Assyro - Chaldéenne . These are an excellent source for information about the various Assyrian delegations' activities in Paris during the peace negotiations. Each issue included a map of the land area Assyrians wished for his upcoming State. It covered a region with parts of present-day Turkey , Iran, Iraq and Syria. It also provides information about the Assyrians dealings with the French governors of Syria. Often printed witness of the massacres of Assyrians and social and economic conditions .
Another section includes materials produced by the Assyro -Chaldean delegation to the peace conference . This material was distributed to the victorious powers' representatives in the hope that they would contribute to an independent Assyria . The material consists of booklets presenting national requirements , statistics of population losses , and letters sent to the major powers. Many of the letters were written by Severius Barsom , who later became the Syriac Orthodox Church patriarch.
Lots of material coming from the U.S. . Part comes from a National Association for the Assyrians who emigrated to North America. It shows how the organized help to their brethren who remained in Turkey and Iran. Naum Faiks journal Beth - Nahrin contained many unique testimony and documents about the massacres in Anatolia.
The collection concludes with a translation of the British spy Noel's diary of his survey of the province of Diyarbakir in early 1919. He gives figures of the Assyrian population losses in
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