The assyrian tragedy book

The assyrian tragedy, livre anonyme, 1934 fevrier annemasse, is a rare book, most documentary. The assyrian tragedy, livre anonyme, 1934 fevrier annemasse, is a rare. To improve this article, please refer to the relevant guideline for the type of work. Its capital city was nineveh, located in the same area as northern iraq. Scopus outside of jerusalem by a supernatural intervention of god. The tragedy of the assyrian minority in iraq was originally published in 1935 and covers the history of assyrians in iraq after world war i, and their massacre at the hands of the iraqi army in 1933.

Sennacherib, the power of assyria at its zenith, esarhaddon and assurbanipal, and the medes and the secod chaldean empire. We believe the author of the book is mar eshai shimun xxiii, as most of the material contained in the book was known to him only. His predecessor, fridjof nansen, fails to even mention the assyrian tragedy in his wellknown book a people deceived a study trip through georgia and armenia as high commissioner of the league of nations, leipzig 1928, which was translated into several languages. To participate in the project, please visit its page, where you can join the project and discuss matters related to book articles. The assyrian struggle for independence was waged by the assyrian patriarch and the chiefs assyrian. Ronald sempill stafford this account, written by a british army officer serving in iraq, describes a littleknown ethnic minority in that country. The assyrians, like other minorities in the area, lived across many modern. Assyrian international news agency books online to my wife. The assyrian tragedy is a book documenting the national struggle of the assyrian nation prior, during and after world war i. Incredibly, it has taken nearly a decade for its translation to english due out in the next few months. At the same time the qaimaqam of zakho, ahmed aldibuni tortured 46 assyrians to death. A century after the assyrian genocide, the fate of this christian minority hangs in the balance. His holiness mar eshai shimun xxiii, catholicos patriarch was the supreme head of the church of the east, its universal pastor from 1920 until his. These documents were compilations of mar eshai shimuns efforts with the league of nations, united nations and.

The tragedy of the assyrians depicts the massacres that befell the. The ruins of nineveh can still be seen today across the tigris river from the modern day city of mosul. Most scholars believe that the assyrian spoken of in isaiah 14. This page is for all assyrians around the world to join. The ancient name assyrian, derived from that of the god assur, designated the semitic population of north mesopotamia and their capital city.

Turkish hackers facilitate assyrian book sales rosie. The assyrian affair of 1933 i international journal of middle east. The kurds of iraq, tragedy and hope 97 97 addresses the assyrian massacres in turkey. The tragedy of the assyrian minority in iraq book, 2004. Guild gives a very nice and detailed description of the assyrian culture in a genuine historical setting, and even manages to write one of the most exciting storylines ive ever read. Written and published anonymously by his holiness mar eshai shimun, catholicos patriarch xxiii. Stub this article has been rated as stubclass on the projects quality.

Ronald stafford was born in buenos aires in 1890, the son of edward stafford and teresa kruls whose father was an argentinean but originally dutch. The tragedy of the assyrians depicts the massacres that befell the assyrians in iraq in 1933, following their uprooting from their homelands during world war i. Assyrian alphabet, spelling, grammar, handwriting, and history. The book of revelation predicts the rise of a global superpower that will precede the coming of the antichrist. Chaldean canadian student association home facebook. The book of my language assyrian by michael alexan. Originally published anonymously, the author of the book was posthumously attributed to mar eshai shimun xxiii, a cambridge university graduate and patriarch of the assyrian church of the east. The assyrian is the first of a twopart series about tiglath ashur, the son of sennacherib, who ruled as king of assyria from 705681 bc, assyrias golden age. After the death of assurbanipal, the last great assyrian monarch, nabopolassar, the ruler of babylonia, established 625 bc his independence. This is a fascinating account of a little known ethnic minority in iraq. Read tragedy assyrian minority iraq by stafford available from rakuten kobo.

Chaldean canadian student association, toronto, ontario. Tragedy assyrian minority iraq by stafford alibris. A century after the assyrian genocide, the fate of this. Assyria ancient history, mesopotamia history, books. This book has its origins in the international conferenceon the ottoman turkish genocides of anatolian christians, held at the illinoisholocaust museum and education center in may 20, coorganized by the asiaminor and pontos hellenic research center, the armenian national committee, andthe assyrian center for genocide studies. I study assyrian culture at university level, so my interest has its source there. Assyrian personal names paperback by knut leonard 1865 tallqvist and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Although the assyrians, like many minorities in iraq, lived across many modern national boundaries, they were an unusually welloff group. The assyrian tragedy paperback july 31, 2010 by mar eshai shimun author see all 4 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. He allied himself with the medes and persians and helped to bring about the capture of nineveh 612 bc and the fall of the assyrian empire. Google scholar this is known as the iraqi blue book. Hence assyrobabylonian religion, mythology, and religious. In one room alone eighty one menwere barbarously massacredpriests were tortured and their bodies mutilated. The book of job is not only the finest expression of the hebrew poetic genius.

Passionate and yet authoritative in its research, his book reveals a littleknown human and cultural tragedy. Allow me to read one account which described the simile massacre in the book titled the assyrian tragedy. The book goes on to explore the effects of the end of the british mandate in iraq, the new iraqi government and finally the slaughter of the assyrians in 1933. His holiness mar eshai shimun xxiii, catholicos patriarch was the supreme head of the church of the east, its universal pastor from 1920 until his assassination in 1975. The tragedy of the assyrians is the most extensive first hand account of the events that led to the massacre of assyrians in iraq in 1933. Nazarians new book clarifies the life of assyrian nationalist ashur yousuf january 29, 2019 at 12. The book itself is divided into three broad sections. The work is grouped with proverbs and ecclesiastes as a product of the wisdom movement, even though it contains what might be called an antiwisdom strain in that the hero protests. Review the tragedy of the assyrian minority in iraq. He established what is generally known as the chaldaean or new. In treating of assyria it is extremely difficult not to speak at the same time of its sister, or rather mother country, babylonia, as the peoples of these two countries, the semitic babylonians and assyrians, are both ethnographically and linguistically the same race, with identical religion, language, literature, and civilization. This article is within the scope of wikiproject books. The book begins with a brief history of the assyrians and the relevant events of world war i. Although the author presents the british point of view, he is able to maintain a fairly evenhanded attitude towards all parties in these tragic events.

The book begins with a brief history of the assyrians and the relevant. It then discusses the settlement of the assyrians in iraq, and the establishment of the assyrian levies. The iraqi army returned to mosul nineveh and right through its way began a systematic massacre. The inoffensive population was indiscriminately massacred,with rifle revolver and machine gunfire. To use this banner, please refer to the documentation. List of books and articles about babylonia and assyria. About the author excerpt from gorgias press, egorgias june 2007 newsletter. Assyrians asuris is the term for the modern, east syrian christian communities in iran. The chaldean canadian student association seeks to promote chaldean ethnicity, culture and chaldeanrite church liturgy. The assyrian tragedy mar shimun memorial foundation. After the end of the british mandate in iraq in 1932, however, it was revealed that moslems were persecuting them.