Religious Persecution and Ethnic Genocide of Assyrians in the Mid-East
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Genocide is defined as the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, religious, political, or ethnic group.  The word, from the Greek genos, meaning “race,” “nation,” or “tribe,” and the Latin cide, meaning “killing,” was named after events in Europe in 1933–45 called for a legal concept to describe the deliberate destruction of large groups.

From 1900 to 1945, the Turks, Kurds, Arabs and Persians committed genocides against the Assyrian nation and other Christian peoples in Asia Minor [Middle East].  These international human rights violations were crimes against humanity and served as examples for future atrocities of this manner against the Jewish people in Europe.  In these genocides, 750,000 indigenous Christian Assyrians living in their ancestral homelands (known today as the republics of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran), including 1½ million Christian Armenians and 300,000 Hellenes were burned, slaughtered, and shot systematically.  Defenseless men, women, children and the elderly all became victims of these genocides.

Currently, the Assyrians are religiously and ethnically persecuted in the Middle East due to Islamic fundamentalism, Arabization and Kurdification, leading to land expropriations and forced emigration to the West.

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References	Survivors and Eyewitnesses
1946: Australian and British Governments on Assyrian Christians - Mr. Garnett to Mr. Strahan. 1946: Australian and British Governments on Assyrian Christians - Reply of Mr. Strahan to Mr. Garnett. 1937: The Assyrians: A Debt of Honour 1935: League of Nations — The Settlement of the Assyrians, a Work of Humanity and Appeasement 1934: ANNEMASSE: The Assyrian Tragedy 1923: Agha Petros and the Lausanne Telegraphs 1915: The Deportation of the Assyrians in Ottoman Documents † 1831-1937 — Sayfo (Assyrian Genocide, in Arabic) Assyrian Villages and Monasteries The Assyrian Statehood: Yesterday’s Denial and Today’s Moral Obligation Assyrians after Assyria Assyrian Identity in Ancient Times and Today Who Are The Assyrians? The Assyrians in the Christian Asia Minor Holocaust Holy War Made in Germany: New Light on the Holocaust Against the Christian Assyrians during World War I Maintenance and Transformation of Ethnic Identity From Survival to Revival: In the Aftermath of the Assyrian Genocide Turkey: Author of Genocide - the Destruction of the Assyrian Nation Assyrians in Turkey: Disappearance of a Culture? Indigenous Peoples Under the Rule of Islam, Part II, III, IV, V, VI and VII ‘Lies in Turkish’: Turkish Denial of Genocide Assyrians in Turkey: Ethnic and Religious Recognition Revisited The Assyrian Genocide and Article 312 of the Turkish Penal Code: the case of an Assyrian Priest in Turkey (1) Negotiating Assyrian Identity in Iraq, 1919-1933 The Assyrian Christians' Dilemma in Iraq: Outlook and Solution The British Betrayal of the Assyrians (in Arabic) Shall This Nation Die? † 1919: The Assyrian Monument in Baquba, Iraq † 1915: Assyrian War Song Assyrian History Timeline: 1900's | 1800's  (historical documents, letters and articles)  United Nations-League of Nations ANNEMASSE: The Assyrian Tragedy, February 1934. 1935: League of Nations — The Settlement of the Assyrians, a Work of Humanity and Appeasement Assyrians at the League of Nations (United Nations) Assyrian National Petition Microform Collections: United Nations and United States documents 1924: The Treaty of Lausanne 1924: Straits Treaty 1921: Trade Agreement Between His Brittanic Majesty's Government and the Government of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic 1920: The Treaty of Sèvres 1919: The King-Crane Commission Report 1919: The King-Crane Commission Report — Confidential Appendix 1919: The Peace Treaty of Versailles 1918: Report on War Guilt by the 'Commission on the Responsibility of the Authors of the War' 1917: Balfour Declaration 1916: The Sykes-Picot Agreement 1915: The Husain-McMahon Letters 1914: Treaty of Alliance between Germany and Turkey 1907: The Anglo-Russian Entente (concerning Persia)  Newspapers and Periodicals London Times Articles New York Times Articles Other News & Periodicals  Discussion Forums Atour Projects and Development Conference History Conference	Videos will be posted soon. Räkhé Makhsüd   Videos will be posted soon. Shmuel Baboo   Videos will be posted soon. Rose Sargis Younan Namato Younan (9min) Sh. Yosip Bassoo (2min) † 1917: Ben S. Benjamin - The Story of a Survivor † 1916: Urmia, Salmas, and Hakkiari : Fuller Statement by Mr. Paul Shimmon † 1916: Azerbaijan: Statement by Mr. M. Philips Price, War Correspondent For Various British and American Newspapers on the Caucasian Front † 1916: Urmia District : Report on the Distribution of Relief, Covering The Period 1st June to 31st December, 1915 † 1916: Second Exodus From Urmia : Narrative of the Wife of the Rev. David Jacob, of Urmia † 1916: Bohtan: Letter from the Rev. E. W. McDowell, of the Urmia Mission Station † 1916: Hakkiari: Refugees From Hakkiari: Letter From Surma, the Sister of Mar Shimun, to Mrs. D. S. Margoliouth, of Oxford. † 1916: Statement by Rev. R. M. Labaree † 1916: Letter from a missionary written from Urmia in January † 1915: Letter from Ashur S. Yousouf in Prison † 1915: First Exodus From Urmi: Narrative of Mr. J. D. Barnard † 1915: The Second Exodus from Urmia: Letter from Mr. Rugo A. Muller (Treasurer of the American Mission Station at Urmia) † 1915: Hakkiari: A Letter From a Relative of Mar Shimun, the Patriarch † 1915: Hakkiari: Refugees from the Hakkiari District: A Series of Extracts From Letters by Members of the American Mission Station at Urmia † 1915: Hakkiari: Further Statement by Mr. Paul Shimmon † 1915: Urmia, Salmas and Hakkiari : Statement by Mr. Paul Shimmon † 1915: The Letter of Rev. E.T. Allen of Urmia, Describing the Massacre at Ismail Agha's Kala † 1915: Urmia: Extracts From the Annual Report (For the Year 1915) Presented by the Medical Department at Urmia † 1915: Urmia: Narrative of Dr. Jacob Sargis † 1915: Urmia: Letter From the Rev. Y. M. Nisan to the Rev. F. N. Heazell † 1915: Urmia: Letter from Mrs. J. P. Cochran to Friends in the United States † 1915: Urmia During the Turco-Kurdish Occupation: The Diary of a Missionary † 1915: Tabriz: Letter From The REV. F. N. Jessup † 1915: Salmas: Letter of Rev. Labaree to the Presbyterian Missions Board, New York † 1915: Urmia: Letter of Rev. Labaree to the Presbyterian Missions Board, New York † 1915: Urmia: Letter from Rev. Labaree to Mr. Speer † 1915: Letter of Rev. Labaree to His Mother † 1915: First Exodus From Urmia † 1915: Urmia : Statement By The Rev. William A. Shedd, D.D., of The American (Presbyterian) Mission Station at Urmia ; Communicated by The Board of Foreign Missions of The Presbyterian Church in The U.S.A. † 1915: Letter from Mr. Rugo A. Muller (Treasurer of the American Mission Station at Urmia), May 26. † 1914: Mrs. Suria David - Gulpashan, Urmia. † 1850-1914: Mereyam Basmajy: A Story of a Great Lady

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Assyrian History Timeline: 1900's | 1800's (historical documents, letters and articles)

To know your past... is to know yourself.

† 1895: Kurds Attack Urfa
† 1860: Massacres in Lebanon
† 1842: Massacres by Kurdish Chief Badr Khan Bey
† 1840-1860: The Khilafah Massacres
† 1829: Kurdish Leader Rwandez attacks Alqush
† 1578: Kurdish Attack on Urmi
† 1369-1400: The Massacres of Timurlane & The Escape to Hakkari
† 1361: The Martyrdom of Mar Gregorius Bit Qinaya
† 1324: The Attack on Qaraqosh
† 1310: The Capture of Arbela
† 1297: The Capture of Amedia
† 1295: The Destruction of Churches by the Mongols
† 1289: The Attack of the Kurds
† 1285: The Arab & Kurdish Attack on Arbela
† 1268: Antioch Seized by the Sultan of Egypt
† 1261: The Coming of the Kurds
† 1258: Hulaku Khan Slaughters the Assyrians of Tikreet
† 1231: The Martyrdom of Mar Denosios bar Saliba II
† 987: The Destruction of Mart Maryam Church at Baghdad
† 852: The Persecution of Assyrians Under Caliph Mutawakkil
† 873: The Martyrdom of Hunayn Bar Iskhaq
† 884: The Attack on the Monastery of Dakil Ishu
† 737: The Persecution of Christians in Halab
† 762: The Islamic Caliphate Moves to Baghdad
7th Century: The Message of Prophet Mohammed
† 661: The Persecution of Christians by Ummayad Caliph Muawiyyah
† 686: Caliph Abd al-Malik Imprisons and Tortures the Patriarch
† 650: The Massacre of Monks at Ra's Ayn
† 615-628: The Massacres by Khusraw Parviz
† 519: Jewish Persecution of Christians in Yemen Continues
† 519: King Yusuf As'ar of Yemen Begins a Brutal Massacre of the Assyrians
† 448: The Massacre of Kirkuk
† 339: The Persecution Under King Shapur
† 107: Parthian king Xosroes Murders Second Bishop of Arbela