Assyrians: From Bedr Khan to Saddam Hussein (Second Edition, Third Printing)
Subtitle: Driving into Extinction the last Aramaic Speakers
Publisher: Xlibris
Published: March, 2016
Place of publication: California, USA
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781425712990
Table of contents: title: 11
label: Background and Introduction; title: 19
label: Chapter One: The Massacres of the Nineteenth Century - A Prelude to Genocide; title: 26
label: The Massacres of Bedr Khan Beg (1843-1848); title: 33
label: The Massacres and Persecutions of 1895; title: 37
label: The Coming of the CUP to Power in Turkey; title: 38
label: The Genocide: Documentation and Definition; title: 48
label: Chapter Two: The Destruction of the Assyrians and their Homeland; title: 48
label: The Assyrians on the Brink of the Great War; title: 51
label: The Assyrian Exodus from the Hakkari Mountains; title: 55
label: Mar Benyamin Shimun Meets the Grand Duke and More Russian Promises; title: 56
label: The first Russian Retreat from Azerbaijan and the Assyrian Exodus to Russia; title: 62
label: The Remaining Assyrians in Urmia; title: 63
label: Atrocities at Gulpashan; title: 65
label: The Russian Promise; title: 65
label: The Diyar Bakir and Tur 'Abdin regions; title: 66
label: Massacre in Kharput; title: 68
label: The Destruction in Diyar Bakir and Tur 'Abdin Regions; title: 80
label: The Second Russian Withdrawal from Urmia and the British Promise; title: 85
label: The Massacre of the Assyrians in Khoi; title: 88
label: The Massacre of the Assyrians in the French Mission; title: 90
label: The Massacre of the Assyrians in the American Mission; title: 93
label: A Desperate Appeal from an Assyrian; title: 97
label: Chapter Three: A Change in the Course of the Assyrians' Modern History; title: 97
label: The Assassination of Patriarch Mar Benyamin Shimun; title: 101
label: The Assyrian War Song; label: The Exodus from Urmia to Saen Qal'aa and Hamadan 102; title: 109
label: The Arrival at Baquba Refugee Camp - Mesopotamia; title: 114
label: The Transfer to Mindan Camp near Mosul; title: 117
label: The Assyro-Chaldean Protectorate in Jazira, Syria; title: 121
label: Chapter Four: The Assyrians in the Midst of International Treaties and the League of Nations; title: 121
label: The Sykes-Picot Agreement (April 26 - October 23, 1916); title: 124
label: The 1919 Paris Peace Conference; title: 127
label: The League of Nations; title: 128
label: Post Paris Peace Conference; title: 132
label: In San Remo and the Treaty of Sévres; title: 135
label: Treaty of Lausanne; title: 141
label: The Constantinople Conference; title: 143
label: The Settlement Problem Continues; title: 145
label: The Permanent Court of International Justice (The Hague); title: 146
label: The Assyrian Case Continues; title: 150
label: The Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of Alliance of 1930; title: 152
label: Assyrians in the League of Nations Again; title: 154
label: Opinion of the Permanent Mandates Commission - September 24, 1932; title: 159
label: Chapter Five: The Path to the 1933 Simmel Massacre; title: 159
label: The Iraq Levy; title: 160
label: The Assyrian Levy; title: 162
label: Testimonies about the Assyrians' Service in Iraq; title: 163
label: The Mosul Incident of 1923; title: 164
label: The Kirkuk Incident of 1924; title: 165
label: Setting the Stage for the Simmel Massacre; title: 168
label: The Detention of the Patriarch; title: 168
label: Iraqi Government Press Campaign against the Assyrians; title: 171
label: The Dashtazi Settlement (Z-plan) Forced on the Assyrian Leaders; title: 173
label: Assyrians Cross from Iraq into Syria; title: 175
label: The Simmel Massacre - the Documentation; title: 180
label: Beyond Simmel; title: 182
label: The Deportation of the Patriarch; title: 183
label: Was the Massacre of Simmel a Genocide?; title: 183
label: An Appeal by the Patriarch; title: 186
label: Mar Eshai Shimun in Geneva with Yusuf Malek, October 1933; title: 187
label: The Fate of Those Responsible for the Simmel Massacre; title: 191
label: Chapter Six: After the Massacre - Between Iraq and Syria; title: 191
label: The Ghab and Khabor (Khabur) Settlement Schemes; title: 198
label: My Family During These Difficult Times; title: 203
label: The 1941 Coup d' état; title: 204
label: The Assyrians Save Iraq from Nazi Germany; title: 210
label: The End of Rashid 'Ali al-Gaylani; title: 210
label: What Happened to the British Promises?; title: 211
label: The Assyrian Case in San Francisco, May 7, 1945; title: 213
label: Britain Restores Old Order; title: 214
label: Beyond World War II; title: 219
label: Chapter Seven: The Assyrians and the Final Exodus; title: 219
label: Murder, Persecution and Harassment of Assyrians; title: 222
label: The Issue of "Taba'aiya" in Iraq; title: 226
label: Iraq-Iran War (1980-1988); title: 231
label: The Anfal Campaign; title: 236
label: Human Rights Violations Against the Assyrians; title: 243
label: The Impact of the 1990 Gulf War on the Assyrians; title: 246
label: An Assyrian Family's Experience; title: 249
label: The Refugee Camps; title: 253
label: Silopi Refugee Camp; title: 255
label: The Assyrian Refugees in Jordan; title: 256
label: Further Persecutions and Human Rights Abuses Against Assyrians; title: 267
label: The Impact of the 2003 "Liberation of Iraq" on Assyrians; title: 269
label: Persecution Against Assyrians in Iran, Syria and Turkey; title: 283
label: Chapter Eight: The Kurds and Assyria; title: 283
label: The Kurds: A Historical Background; title: 288
label: Kurds Usurp Assyrian lands - Figures and Historical Accounts; title: 293
label: Assyria or Kurdistan; title: 295
label: Changing the Demography of Assyria; title: 301
label: Kurds and Iraq in Modern Times; title: 304
label: Paris Peace Agreement; title: 306
label: Ankara Peace Process; title: 307
label: Revising History and Other Thoughts; title: 310
label: Chapter Nine: Common and Notable Assyrians Affected by the Ongoing Genocide; title: 310
label: Iskharya Dinkha Sheikhamar; title: 313
label: Katie Eshoo; title: 315
label: Tamara Shmuel Warda; title: 317
label: Isa Zhako; title: 319
label: Maria Sargis Badal; title: 321
label: Elisha Peera Aghassi; title: 322
label: Pidosiya Badal David; title: 325
label: Shmouel Rouel d' Gawar; title: 329
label: Giwargis Yonathan; title: 331
label: Younan Namato Younan; title: 333
label: Hannah Yohannan Yohannan; title: 338
label: Sherein Sayad Isaac; title: 342
label: Mary, Juen, and William Yohannan; title: 345
label: Bato Paul Elias; title: 350
label: Little Wahida; title: 352
label: Hazno Hanneko; title: 355
label: Nancy Abraham Muishil; title: 358
label: Chapter Ten: Final Thoughts; title: 365
label: Bibliography; title: 375
label: Index; title: 381
label: Appendix