Haydar Bey’s Assyrian Expedition occurred during World War I, when Ottoman and Kurdish forces attacked the Assyrians in Hakkari, massacred many, and destroyed their villages.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Haydar Bey's Assyrian Expedition | |||||||
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Part of Sayfo | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Ottoman Empire Kurdish tribes | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Malik Yosip † |
Haydar Bey Reshid Akif Pasha Rashid Bek Suto Agha Oramarli Agha Tahir Doski | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Limited forces, local tribes armed with outdated rifles |
Approx. 22,000 troops
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
Heavy casualties among Assyrian civilians | Unknown |
Aftermath
editThe majority of Assyrian survivors were forced to flee their homeland, never to return. They resettled in refugee camps in British-controlled Iraq and other regions under foreign protection.[2][4]
References
edit- ^ The Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Barwar. ISBN 9047443497.
- ^ a b Debt of Honour: How an Anzac saved the Assyrian people from Genocide.
- ^ Gaunt, David; Atto, Naures; Barthoma, Soner O. (May 2017). Let Them Not Return: Sayfo – The Genocide Against the Assyrian, Syriac, and Chaldean Christians in the Ottoman Empire. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1785334993.
- ^ a b Yacoub, Joseph (2016). Year of the Sword: The Assyrian Christian Genocide : a History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0190633462.
- ^ Massacres, Resistance, Protectors Muslim-Christian Relations in Eastern Anatolia During World War I. Gorgias Press. 2006. ISBN 978-1-59333-301-0.
- ^ a b c Lindenmayer, Sarah (December 10, 2018). Debt of Honour How an Anzac Saved the Assyrian People from Genocide (in ISO 639-1). Australian Self Publishing Group/ Inspiring Publishers. pp. 37–38. ISBN 9780648317739.
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