9. A VICTIM OF THE SAYFO: ADDAÏ SCHER AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO SCHOLARSHIP

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1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. CONTRIBUTORS ix
5. SAYFO 1915: THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF SYRIAC CHRISTIANITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST 1
6. I. THE SAYFO AND ARCHIVES
7. 1. THE OTTOMAN GENOCIDE OF 1914–1918 AGAINST ARAMAIC-SPEAKING CHRISTIANS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 21
8. 2. THE TARGETING OF ASSYRIANS DURING THE CHRISTIAN HOLOCAUST IN OTTOMAN TURKEY 41
9. 3. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ASSYRIAN GENOCIDE AFTER A CENTURY 61
10. 4. GERMAN PERCEPTIONS OF THE SAYFO: HOW MUCH DID GERMANY KNOW? 71
11. 5. LETTERS ON THE SAYFO FROM ASSYRIAN EYEWITNESSES 89
12. II. LOCAL STUDIES
13. 6. THE INCREASING VIOLENCE AND THE RESISTANCE OF ASSYRIANS IN URMIA AND HAKKARI (1900–1915) 107
14. 7. ʿIWARDO: A STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE 135
15. 8. “I WILL STAY WITH JESUS AND WILL NEVER BETRAY HIM!”: SAYFO IN MANSURIYE 147
16. 9. A VICTIM OF THE SAYFO: ADDAÏ SCHER AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO SCHOLARSHIP 163
17. 10. THE METHODS OF KILLING USED IN THE ASSYRIAN GENOCIDE 177
18. 11. ASSYRIAN GENOCIDE FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE 215
19. III. POST-SAYFO PERIOD
20. 12. WRITING ASSYRIAN HISTORY: THE MILITARY, THE PATRIARCH AND THE BRITISH IN YAQU BAR MALEK ISMAEL’S ASSYRIANS IN TWO WORLD WARS (TEHRAN 1964) 235
21. 13. ASSYRIAN CHRISTIANS IN IRAQ, THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND TRANSNATIONAL CHRISTIAN ADVOCACY (1920s–1940s) 253
22. 14. THE MEMORY OF SAYFO AND ITS RELATION TO THE IDENTITY OF CONTEMPORARY ASSYRIAN/ARAMEAN CHRISTIANS IN SYRIA 305
23. 15. FORGOTTEN WITNESSES: REMEMBERING AND INTERPRETING THE ‘SAYFO’ IN THE MANUSCRIPTS OF TUR ‘ABDIN 327
24. 16. THE POEMS OF GHATTAS MAQDISI ELYAS AND THE REMEMBRANCE OF TURABDIN 347
25. 17. BEFORE AND AFTER LINGUICIDE: A LINGUISTIC ASPECT OF THE SAYFO 365
26. APPENDIX: SYNOPSIS REPORT OF THE CONFERENCE 385