Assyrian Identity and The Great War

Preface List of tables List of abbreviations Note on sources Introduction Maps THE NESTORIANS, CHALDEANS AND SYRIAN CHRISTIANS IN HISTORY Who are the Nestorians, Chaldeans and Syrian Christians? Religious sectarianism and missionary activity The 19th century, the age of the missionaries The Nestorians, Chaldeans and Syrian Christians in the Ottoman Empire Relations betvveen the Syriac-speaking Christians and the Kurds THE NESTORIANS, CHALDEANS AND SYRIAN CHRISTIANS BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR Location, population movements and culture The Nestorians of the high mountains of Hakkâri Chaldeans living in the Tigris valley Nestorians living in Iranian Azerbaijan Syrian Christians (Jacobites) living in Upper Mesopotamia Population Casualties of human life Relations betvveen the Syriac-speaking Christians and the Armenians Relations with Russia NESTORIANS IN THE RANKS OF THE ENTENTE POWERS IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR The Nestorian declaration of war on the Ottoman state The Nestorians in British foreign policy Was independence promised? Events at Urmiya The USA's Near East Relief Foundation and the Assyrians Baquba camp THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND CLAIMS OF GENOCIDE Building a myth of genocide: 'Seyfo' The Midyat rebellion The Kurds THE NESTORIANS, CHALDEANS AND SYRIAN CHRISTIANS AFTER THE WAR Sectarian differences The language problem Inhabited areas THe Assyrian leader Agha Petros The Nestorians, Chaldeans and Syrian Christians and the Paris Peace Conference THe Conference of Lausanne Britain and the forgotten promises The Kingdom of Iraq, the Mosul problem and the Nestorians NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE TURKISH REPUBLIC THe Nestorian, Chaldean and Syrian Christian diaspora and identity formation Organisations The language problem Tlıe Nestorian, Chaldean and Syrian Christian communities in Sweden Conclusion Notes Glossary Bibliography Index...