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100 1 $aÖzdemir, Bülent.
240 10 $aSüryanilerin dünü bugünü.$lEnglish
245 10 $aAssyrian identity and the Great War :$bNestorian, Chaldean and Syrian Christians in the 20th century /$cBülent Özdemir ; translated by L.M.A. Gough.
246 30 $aNestorian, Chaldean and Syrian Christians in the 20th century
246 30 $aNestorian, Chaldean and Syrian Christians in the Twentieth century
260 $aDunbeath :$bWhittles Publishing,$c2012.
300 $axxiv, 168 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 155-162) and index.
505 00 $tPreface --$tList of tables --$tList of abbreviations --$tNote on sources --$tIntroduction --$tMaps --$g1.$tThe Nestorians, Chaldeans and Syrian Christians in History --$tWho are the Nestorians, Chaldeans and Syrian Christians? --$tReligious sectarianism and missionary activity --$tThe 19th century, the age of the missionaries --$tThe Nestorians, Chaldeans and Syrian Christians in the Ottoman Empire --$tRelations between the Syriac-speaking Christians and the Kurds --$g2.$tThe Nestorians, Chaldeans and Syrian Christians before the First World War --$tLocation, population movements and culture --$tThe Nestorians of the high mountains of Hakkâri --$tChaldeans living in the Tigris valley --$tNestorians living in Iranian Azerbaijan --$tSyrian Christians (Jacobites) living in Upper Mesopotamia --$tPopulation --$tCasualties of human life --$tRelations between the Syriac-speaking Christians and the Armenians --$tRelations with Russia --$g3.
505 00 $tNestorians in the Ranks of the Entente Powers in the First World War --$tThe Nestorian declaration of war on the Ottoman state --$tThe Nestorians in British foreign policy --$tWas independence promised? --$tEvents at Urmiya --$tThe USA's Near East Relief Foundation and the Assyrians --$tBaquba camp --$g4.$tThe First World War and Claims of Genocide --$tBuilding a myth of genocide: 'Seyfo' --$tThe Midyat rebellion --$tThe Kurds --$g5.$tThe Nestorians, Chaldeans and Syrian Christians after the War --$tSectarian differences --$tThe language problem --$tInhabited areas --$tThe Assyrian leader Agha Petros --$tThe Nestorians, Chaldeans and Syrian Christians and the Paris Peace Conference --$tThe Conference of Lausanne --$tBritain and the forgotten promises --$tThe Kingdom of Iraq, the Mosul problem and the Nestorians --$g6.$tNegotiations with the Turkish Republic --$tThe Nestorian, Chaldean and Syrian Christian diaspora and identity formation --$tOrganisations --
505 00 $tThe language problem --$tThe Nestorian, Chaldean and Syrian Christian communities in Sweden --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tGlossary --$tBibliography --$tIndex.
520 $aUntil the beginning of the 19th century, Nestorians, Chaldeans and Syrian Christians, belonging to various different branches of Eastern Christianity, Lived as small, little-known communities within the eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire. This book examines the situation of these Eastern Christians during the First World War using a wide range of Western and Ottoman archival sources. At the outbreak of the First World War, the Nestorians, Chaldeans, and Syrian Christians found themselves trapped in the middle of the struggle between the Ottoman Empire and the Entente powers. The Syrian Christians and Chaldeans remained faithful to Ottoman rule and were generally quiescent during the war, while the Nestorians, encouraged by Russia, entered the war as the Entente powers' "smallest ally". The Eastern Christian communities appeared on the stage at the most critical period of the First World War, and left a tragic story behind them. Owing to modern claims that a mass murder or "genocide" of the Nestorians and Syrian Christians was committed during 1915, the issue is no longer obscure and has become an international historical and political problem. This book presents interesting new historical material and provides a fascinating perspective on this issue for all scholars and students of Middle Eastern history and geopolitics that is relevant to the regional situation today.
650 0 $aAssyrians$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAssyrians$zMiddle East$xPolitics and government.
650 0 $aAssyrian Church of the East members$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aChaldean Catholics$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aSyriac Christians$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aAssyrians$zTurkey$xHistory.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xRefugees$zMiddle East.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$zTurkey.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1914-1918$xTerritorial questions$zMiddle East.
650 0 $aGenocide$xReligious aspects$xAssyrian Church of the East members$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aGenocide$xReligious aspects$xSyriac Christians.
651 0 $aTurkey$xHistory$yOttoman Empire, 1288-1918.
650 0 $aGenocide$xReligious aspects$xSyriac Christians$xHistory$y20th century.
700 1 $aGough, L. M. A.,$etranslator.
700 1 $aGough, L. M. A.
752 $aScotland$dDunbeath.
830 0 $aHarvard College Library Assyrian collection.
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906 $0OCLC