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...