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Coll 17/16(1) 'Iraq. The Assyrian Crisis' [241r] (492/1036)
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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Enclosure in dagdad Despatch No. 448 of 13/7/33.
ntraot from i£2SSSilB6S of ^arltanent - 2nd Jnly, 1933 .
The following question addressed to the Prime Minister
0 y Deputy Mahmud Sidqi (Mosul) at the meeting of 24th June,
1933, was read
"As Your Excellency is aware, reports in the press
concerning the recruitment of an expert for the settlement of
the Tiaris in the North have caused much talA and aroused
considerable fears among the Inhabitants, especially those of
the Northern districts. As all these (Tiaris) are in
possession of regular arms and ammunition in quantities not
less than those issued to soldiers, and also as they are
refugees and possess no immovable property in this country
and have no connections therein such as would prevent them
from creating disturbances among the inhabitants, their
settlement in the manner we hear of, i.e. by the allotment
to them of localities close to each other, render these talics
and fears reasonable. Will Your Excellency explain to us
the "degree of expert knowledge" (meaning the powers) of this
settlement expert in the settlement of refugees? And also,
if it is true that the government intend to settle (these
refugees), is it intended to settle them in one locality or
in various localities, and in what part of *Iraq? Further,
have the Government given thought to the fact that the
presence of such a 'Moslem* (? non-Moslem) settlement in the
vicinity of the frontier tends to disturb the atmosphere of
good relations obtaining between ourselves and neighbouring
governments?"
ihe Prime Minister replied as follows
’(a) The powers of this (British Settlement) Expert
defined for him by the Government are only those of an
/adviser
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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)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in rough chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- Coll 17/16(1) 'Iraq. The Assyrian Crisis'
- Pages
- 32r:32v, 84r:86v, 88v:90v, 241r:242v, 344r:347v, 421r:421v, 504r:505v
- Author
- Government of Iraq
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