1924 Kirkuk massacre

1924 massacre in Iraq Kirkuk Massacre Kirkuk, Mandatory Iraq 1924 05 04 Old Kirkuk.jpg The old part of Kirkuk, where the massacre took place Iraq 1 35.47 44.4 35.47 44.4 it dms Iraqi Turkmen, Kurds and ArabsSalt Jeremy https://books.google.com/books?id=uagwDwAAQBAJ The Unmaking of the Middle East A History of Western Disorder in Arab Lands 2008 University of California Press 108 978-0-520-26170-9 enAnderson Liam https://books.google.com/books?id=MqXyFmFSlTgC Crisis in Kirkuk The Ethnopolitics of Conflict and Compromise 2011 University of Pennsylvania Press 63 978-0-8122-0604-3 en Shooting, Mass shooting, Mob violence, Looting Rifles 300+Salt Jeremy https://books.google.com/books?id=uagwDwAAQBAJ The Unmaking of the Middle East A History of Western Disorder in Arab Lands 2008 University of California Press 108 978-0-520-26170-9 en Assyrian levies, Tyari The Kirkuk Massacre of 1924 was a massacre perpetrated against the Muslim people of Kirkuk by the Assyrian Levies on May 4, 1924 following a series of attacks initiated against the Assyrian people after their settlement in Iraq.https://books.google.com/books?id=7aJtAAAAMAAJ&q=Assyrian+kirkuk+christians+1924 British Documents on Foreign Affairs--reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print: The expansion of Ibn Saud, 1922-1925 1985 University Publications of America 978-0-89093-603-0 12–13 en on 4th May, however, inhabitants of Kirkuk were the victims of an atrocious massacre perpetrated by Assyrian levies, which has changed whole situation.Great Britain Colonial Office https://books.google.com/books?id=RtQ3zuJ7W6cC&q=assyrians+altercation+kirkuk+1924 Report by His Britannic Majesty's Government to the Council of the League of Nations on the Administration of Iraq 1927 21 enGreat Britain Colonial Office https://books.google.com/books?id=koVRAQAAMAAJ&q=assyrians+altercation+kirkuk+1924 Iraq, Report on Iraq Administration 1925 H.M. Stationery Office 29 enSalt Jeremy https://books.google.com/books?id=uagwDwAAQBAJ&dq=assyrians+altercation+kirkuk+1924&pg=PA108 The Unmaking of the Middle East: A History of Western Disorder in Arab Lands 2008 Univ of California Press 978-0-520-26170-9 108 enRush Alan de Lacy https://books.google.com/books?id=ia5tAAAAMAAJ&q=assyrians+kirkuk Records of Iraq, 1914-1966: 1921-1924 Priestland Jane 2001 Archive Editions 978-1-85207-820-1 86 en One notable attack which led to hostility between the Assyrians and Muslims was in August 1923 in Mosul, when two Assyrian children were killed by Muslims and no one was brought to justice.Browne John Gilbert https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWdtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22This+began+in+Mosul%22 The Iraq Levies, 1915-1932 Royal United Service Institution 1932 Iraq 34 en In early 1924 the British deployed the Assyrian levies to Kirkuk province in order to capture the city of Sulaymaniyah, which was controlled by Kurd Sheikh Mahmud.Jackson Robert https://books.google.com/books?id=afhaAAAAMAAJ&q=Assyrian+levies+sulaimanya The RAF in Action: From Flanders to the Falklands 1985 Blandford Press 978-0-7137-1419-7 20 enGreat Britain Colonial Office https://books.google.com/books?id=oXlAAQAAIAAJ&q=Assyrian+levies+sulaimanya Report by His Britannic Majesty's Government to the Council of the League of Nations on the Administration of Iraq 1930 31 en The Kurds in Kirkuk threatened to attack Assyrian women as soon as the Assyrian Levies left Kirkuk to Sulaimanya.Browne John Gilbert https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWdtAAAAMAAJ&q=assyrian+women The Iraq Levies, 1915-1932 1932 Royal United Service Institution Iraq en On 4 May, an argument broke out between a Yezidi levy and an Iraqi Turkmen shopkeeper in Kirkuk's central market over prices which led to physical fighting.Fuccaro Nelida https://books.google.com/books?id=jaJcCwAAQBAJ&dq=Assyrian+levies+kirkuk+1924&pg=PA275 Violence and the City in the Modern Middle East 2016-03-09 Stanford University Press 978-0-8047-9776-4 184 enSonyel Salahi Ramadan https://books.google.com/books?id=9zFpAAAAMAAJ&q=Assyrian+levies+kirkuk+1924 The Assyrians of Turkey: Victims of Major Power Policy 2001 Turkish Historical Society 978-975-16-1296-0 177 en After the dispute, two more Assyrian Levies were wounded by angry mobs after they were hit from behind with heavy sticks during a dispute.Browne John Gilbert https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWdtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22The+two+wounded+men+said+they+had+been+knocked+down+from+behind+with+heavy%22 The Iraq Levies, 1915-1932 1932 Royal United Service Institution Iraq 35 en The Turks were also taunting the Assyrians stating, "Now that half of you have gone to Chamchamal; we are not frightened of you."Browne John Gilbert https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWdtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22The+two+wounded+men+said+they+had+been+knocked%22 The Iraq Levies, 1915-1932 1932 Royal United Service Institution Iraq 35 en According to British documents, "Two Assyrian battalions then went back to the town, on the way they savagely assaulted a number of innocent Turkish civilians sitting in coffee shops, destroying furniture and beating the customers."https://books.google.com/books?id=7aJtAAAAMAAJ&q=and+ran+amok+through+Kirkuk+for+something+like+three+hours+firing+at+and+killing+all+Moslems+whom+they+met+and+firing+down+shops British Documents on Foreign Affairs--reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print: The expansion of Ibn Saud, 1922-1925 1985 University Publications of America 978-0-89093-603-0 13 enBrowne John Gilbert https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWdtAAAAMAAJ&q=Assyrian+kirkuk+1924 The Iraq Levies, 1915-1932 1932 Royal United Service Institution 34–5 en This was done after Turks in the shop were making remarks towards the Assyrians who were passing by which started a riot between the Assyrians and Turks.Browne John Gilbert https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWdtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Suddenly+in+answer+to+some+remark%22 The Iraq Levies, 1915-1932 1932 Royal United Service Institution 35 en The Turks and a minority of Kurds of Kirkuk then began shooting at the Assyrians which resulted in several Assyrian deaths.Browne John Gilbert https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWdtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22but+some+got+over+and+were+fired+at+from+the+other+side%22 The Iraq Levies, 1915-1932 1932 Royal United Service Institution 35 en The Assyrians Levies returned fire on the armed mobs which resulted in 300+ Muslims being killed.Browne John Gilbert https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWdtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22The+casualties+of+the+Kirkuk+people+were+about+fifty+killed%22 The Iraq Levies, 1915-1932 1932 Royal United Service Institution Iraq 36 enSalt Jeremy https://books.google.com/books?id=uagwDwAAQBAJ The Unmaking of the Middle East A History of Western Disorder in Arab Lands 2008 University of California Press 108 978-0-520-26170-9 en The total number of Assyrians killed was 5.Browne John Gilbert https://books.google.com/books?id=ZWdtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22The+Levies+had+lost+five+killed+and%22 The Iraq Levies, 1915-1932 1932 Royal United Service Institution Iraq 36 en See also Iraq Levies Gavurbağı massacre 1959 Kirkuk massacre References Category:Military history of Kirkuk Category:May 1924 in Asia Category:Persecution of Iraqi Turkmen Category:1924 murders in Asia Category:20th-century murders in Iraq Category:Massacres in 1924 Category:1924 riots Category:Riots and civil disorder in Iraq Category:Massacres in Iraqi Kurdistan Category:20th-century mass murders in Iraq Category:20th century in Kirkuk Category:Crime in Kirkuk Category:Looting in Iraq Category:1924 mass shootings Category:Mass shootings in Iraq Category:Violence against Muslims in Asia Category:Persecution of Kurds in Iraq Category:Anti-Arabism in the Middle East Category:Persecution of Muslims by Christians