Simele massacre

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anti-Assyrian violence atrocity event in Iraq massacre persecution of Christians war crime

The Simele massacre was a 1933 atrocity in the Kingdom of Iraq in which Iraqi forces killed thousands of Assyrian civilians, marking one of the first modern genocidal campaigns against the Assyrian people.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Simele massacre canonical	3
Assyrian Martyrs Day	2
1933 massacre of Assyrian Christians	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anti-Assyrian violence ⓘ atrocity ⓘ event in Iraq ⓘ massacre ⓘ persecution of Christians ⓘ war crime ⓘ
aftermath	emigration of Assyrians from Iraq ⓘ further marginalization of Assyrians in Iraq ⓘ
cause	anti-Assyrian policies of the Iraqi government ⓘ tensions between Assyrian minority and Iraqi authorities ⓘ
commander	Bakr Sidqi ⓘ
commemoratedOn	August 7 ⓘ
commemorationName	Simele massacre self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Assyrian Martyrs Day
country	Kingdom of Iraq ⓘ
date	1933 ⓘ
documentedBy	League of Nations ⓘ surface form: League of Nations reports contemporary missionaries and diplomats ⓘ
endDate	1933-08-11 ⓘ
estimatedDeaths	between 3,000 and 6,000 Assyrians ⓘ
ethnicTarget	Assyrians ⓘ
historicalSignificance	early example of state violence against a Christian minority in the Middle East ⓘ one of the first modern genocidal campaigns against the Assyrian people ⓘ
languageOfVictims	Neo-Aramaic languages ⓘ surface form: Neo-Aramaic-speaking Assyrians
location	Duhok ⓘ surface form: Dohuk Governorate Simele ⓘ northern Iraq ⓘ
memorials	Assyrian memorials in the diaspora ⓘ
numberOfVictims	thousands of Assyrians ⓘ
organizedBy	Iraqi Security Forces ⓘ surface form: Iraqi military leadership
partOf	Assyrian genocide ⓘ surface form: Assyrian genocide continuum persecution of Assyrians in Iraq ⓘ
perpetrator	Iraqi Army ⓘ forces of the Kingdom of Iraq ⓘ
recognizedAs	genocide by many Assyrian scholars and activists ⓘ
relatedEvent	Assyrian genocide during World War I ⓘ
relatedTo	Assyrian question ⓘ minority rights in Iraq ⓘ
religiousTarget	Christians ⓘ
result	international condemnation ⓘ mass displacement of Assyrians ⓘ strengthening of Iraqi central authority ⓘ
startDate	1933-08-07 ⓘ
targetedGroup	Assyrian villages in northern Iraq ⓘ
timePeriod	interwar period ⓘ
typeOfViolence	ethnic cleansing ⓘ mass killing ⓘ
victim	Syriacs ⓘ surface form: Assyrian Christians Assyrian civilians ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assyrians → historicalEventExperienced → Simele massacre ⓘ

Assyrian genocide → commemorationName → Simele massacre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assyrian Martyrs Day

Simele massacre → commemorationName → Simele massacre self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Assyrian Martyrs Day

Simele → knownFor → Simele massacre ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1933 massacre of Assyrian Christians

Simele → eventLocationOf → Simele massacre ⓘ