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Coll 17/16(1) 'Iraq. The Assyrian Crisis' [16v] (43/1036)
The record is made up of 1 volume (514 folios). It was created in 17 Jun 1933-31 Aug 1933. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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I Mar Miimun ueing hivilcu .o ^
to be aware of the failings of this officer, on two occasions assured me that he
would be removed from his command in Mosul, undertakings which were not
implemented There was certainly a witness on the first and probably also on
the second occasion. If, therefore, there eventuates suffering and bloodshed as
a result of any act of Bekr Sidqi, I desire to place on recoid that a giave
responsibility rests on King Feisal personally. 1
5. The Assyrians of the Mar Shimun party therefore decided to take at his
word the statement somewhat lightly made by the Mutessarif of Mosul at the
meeting with the Assyrians, that if they were not satisfied they would be at
liberty to leave the country. .
6. I have described by telegram the steps taken by the Iraqi Government to
deal with the exodus, the conversations which ensued between the Prime Minister
and myself, the views of the Adviser to the Interior and of the Air Officer
Commanding, and some suggestions of my own. I have also transmitted in my
despatch No. 478 of the 26th July a copy of the letters I exchanged with the
Prime Minister on the question of the disarmament of the Assyrians. At the
moment of writing I learn that the French authorities have disarmed all but
150 and have removed them from the Iraqi frontier. I have just received your
telegrams Nos. 149 and 150. These must form the subject of further communica
tions, the terms of which depend on the developments arising from the impending
arrival of King Feisal this afternoon, and so for the present I will say no more
than that I fully realise the responsibilities, be they moral or more tangible,
which weigh upon His Majesty’s Government in moulding the future of this
ancient Christian people.
7. I am sending a copy of this despatch by air mail the 3rd August.
Original by bag.
I have, &c.
G. OGILVIE-FORBES.
Enclosure 1 in No. 1.
Mr. Edmonds to Mr. Ogilvie-Forbes.
<P.S. No. 574.)
Dear Ogilvie-Forbes,
Ministry of the Interior,
Bagdad, July 25, 1933.
IN continuation of my P.S. No. 571 of to-day.
1. On the 24th July the kaimakam, Zakho, reported that he had
received from the Assyrians across the river a petition in English as follows:
We beg to state that as a result of the recent meeting at Mosul the Iraqi
Government pointed out to us its policy regarding the question of settlement and
the patriarchate. We were informed by the mutessarif that thnsp whn dn not
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The volume contains papers regarding the Assyrian Crisis in Iraq during 1933. It primarily consists of correspondence between HM Ambassador to Iraq (Sir Francis Humphrys), HM Chargé d’Affaires to Iraq (George Ogilvie-Forbes), and the Foreign Office.
The papers document the negotiations between Mar Shimun XXIII Eshai – the Patriarch of the Church of the East – and the Government of Iraq, regarding: the spiritual and temporal authority claimed by the Mar Shimun; the Assyrian Settlement Scheme; areas designated for settlement; and clashes between Assyrians, Iraqis and Kurds.
Ogilvie-Forbes and Humphrys reported on the movement of Assyrians into Syria, requests to the Syrian and French authorities that they be allowed to remain, proposals to disarm the group, and clashes with Iraqi troops when numbers of Assyrians returned to Iraq. The papers also document the proposed arrest or exile of the Mar Shimun by the Government of Iraq, and the volume also contains copies of letters exchanged by the Mar Shimun, the Iraqi Interior Ministry, and King Faisal.
The papers document the worsening crisis, including reports of looting and village burning at Dohuk [Dahūk], the murder of Assyrian prisoners by Iraqi armed forces led by Bakr Sidqi, and the Simele Massacre of August 1933. These papers include reports submitted by the Head of the British Military Mission in Iraq (Major General Rowan Robinson), the Administrative Inspector at Mosul (Colonel R S Stafford), and Major D B Thomson of the Assyrian Settlement Office. The file concludes with reports on the Simele Massacre, arrangements for the arrival of Mar Shimun and his family in Cyprus, the work of the Refugee Relief Commission in Mosul and Dohuk, and the establishment by the League of Nations of a Small Minorities Commission to investigate the crisis.
The volume includes a divider which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the volume by year. This is placed at the end of the correspondence (folio 1).
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- 1 volume (514 folios)
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The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 510; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 1-510; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Coll 17/16(1) 'Iraq. The Assyrian Crisis'
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- 16v:18v, 238r:238v
- Author
- Edmonds, Cecil John
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