The Inside Assyria Discussion Forum #5
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A further problem of desperate difficulty, and closely connected with the Turkish claims, was that of the Assyrians. Their recruitment, first reluctant then eager, into the Iraq Levies did not solve the riddle of their ever-demanded repatriation, nor even of their settlement as a compact community in Iraq. The death of Paulus Mar Sham’un in 1920 left the succession to a feeble boy of eleven, Ishai. It led to the rapid loss of much of his house’s authority to such livelier adventurers as the notorious Agha Petros of Baz, an international ‘crook’ with murder, blackmail, and fraud to his credit in both hemispheres….and a brave man. The latter’s plan, a desperate pis aller reluctantly authorized by the British, was to lead his rabble of vindictive tribesmen in their thousands across hill and dale by Aqra to Urmiya. The project ended in late 1920 in wayside looting, savage reprisals, and a final debacle; and the Assyrian community were reconcentrated in their camp at Shaykh Mindan outside Mosul. From here the Urmiya sections of the nation decided in early 1921 to attempt to make their own way back to Persia by way of Baghdad; but of the thousands who drew money and departed, the great majority were kept from reaching their homes by the cruel hardships of the road and by Persian opposition. They scattered and disappeared, or returned to seek work in Baghdad. The Hakkari clans were settled, as far as great efforts and British expenditure could effect it, in the Government-owned villages of Dohuk and Amadiya districts, while hundreds of their more optimistic households passed over…ill-led, distraught by faction, and weakened by malaria..into their native hills across the border. Agha Petrous, their evil genius, was thankfully dispatched to Europe where he died in Paris soon afterwards. The Patriarchal household settled in Baybad, near Amadiya, sustained by the vigor and loyalty of Surma Khanim, the boy-Patriarch’s aunt. But the troubles of the hapless Assyrians, due so largely to their own fierce indiscipline, folly and disunion, were not at or near their end." ...there are enough "crooks" to go around. We may not like hearing someone we respect called a crook, but that's still no reason to check out of the human race, refusing to deal with "enemies"..in fact, you HAVE to deal with "enemies"..and should better prepare yourself rather than practise a feeble nationalism in a closed forum with Magpie stroking your thighs. Who among us can argue that "fierce indiscipline...folly and disunion" are NOT at the core of our "hapless troubles"? --------------------- |
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