Abed Mshiho Neman Qarabash

Sayfo - An Account of the Assyrian Genocide

Übersetzer: Abdalla, Michael; Kiczko, Lukasz

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An account of the genocide against Assyrians in 1915 The Assyrian genocide is one of the forgotten atrocities of the 20th century. The physical destruction was but one element; it also caused demographic shifts, loss of territory, generational trauma and linguicide, along with cultural genocide/ethnocide and identity erosion. This text is one of the few surviving eyewitness sources, from a seminarian living in greater Tur Abdin (the southeast of today's Turkish state). The perspective is one that is little known and less discussed. Its translation and original annotation by a master of Syriac with an in-depth knowledge of modern Assyrian history creates a unique opportunity for new and progressive scholarship. Key Features A primary source document on the Assyrian genocide of the First World War Set in the context of the failing Ottoman state and rising Young Turk regime Includes Armenians and Greeks as well as Assyrians in one primary source Contains comments and interviews with perpetrators of events The annotations provide information about sites, people and events Michael Abdalla is a Professor at the University of Life Sciences and in the Department of Comparative Culture Research at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland. Lukasz Kiczko is a translator and interpreter for Polish, English and German.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781474447515
• ISBN-10: 1474447511
• Artikelnr.: 59982120

Autorenporträt

Michael Abdalla is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Cultural Studies at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland. He has published books in Polish and in Arabic. Lukasz Kiczko is a professional translator

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
About the Diary and Author
Background of the Region
Diary of a Seminarian
1. From the Author
2. The Emergence and Spread of Christianity
3. Difficult times: Persecution Suffered by Christianity in Various
Periods of History
4. Persecution in the Most Recent Times - the end of the 19th Century
5. The year 1914 - The beginning of the World War I
6. My diary
7. Eyewitness reports: The story of a road worker named Abed Mshiho, who
saw the most
8. The Christians of the city of Amida and its subordinate villages -
executions and the exodus of the year 1915
9. Extermination of Christians in the villages of the district of Mardin
in the year 1914
10. The Sinjar Mountains suffer for Christians
11. The fate of Christian inhabitants of other localities
12. Positive and negative attitudes of some participants of the
exterminations
Bibliography
Annexes 1-3