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