Agha Petros
Petros Elia of Baz ( Aramaic ܐܝܠܝܐ ܦܹܛܪܘܼܣ; * April 1880 in Baz near Hakkâri , Ottoman Empire ; † February 2, 1932 in Toulouse , France ), better known as Agha Petros , was an Ottoman diplomat and an Assyrian military commander during the First World War . He was awarded the French Croix de guerre and the Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur , the Russian Order of Saint George , the Polish Order of Saint Stanislaus , the Belgian Order of Lions and the Order of the Crown (Commander), and in 1921 with the Order of Gregory (Commander) from Pope Benedict XV.
Early years
Petros Elia received his primary education in his village in the Baz before attending a European mission school in the Persian city of Urmia . After he finished his studies, he returned to Baz and became a teacher there. He later stayed in Rome , where he appeared as the Assyrian chief who wanted to lead his tribe from the Assyrian Church of the East to the Chaldean Catholic Church united with the Roman Catholic Church . The Catholic authorities presented him with an official award for this. Because he was fluent in numerous languages - including Syriac , Kurdish , Turkish , Arabic , Persian , French , English and Russian - the Ottomans appointed him secretary of the consulate in Urmia and in 1909 consul .
First World War
After the invasion of the Russian Empire in Urmia, Agha Petros was appointed general of an Assyrian unit. He successfully fought with units of the Ottomans in a series of battles. In the course of the genocide of the Assyrians and Aramaeans , he came under the influence of the Allies and was given command of the left wing of an Assyrian volunteer army (the right wing was led by Mar Schimun's brother David Schimunaia , the middle one was under the command of Mar Schimun, the Patriarchs of the Assyrian Church of the East).
In Solduz , 1,500 of Petros' horsemen defeated the 8,000 men strong units of Kheiri Bey . Petros defeated the Ottoman Turks at Saudsch Bulak and pushed them back to Rowanduz .
After the murder of Mar Schimun by the Muslim- Kurdish gang leader Simko , Agha Petros joined the units of Malik Choschaba in order to drive Simko back from his fortress in Koynaschahr .
Later years
Petros was the leading negotiator for the Assyrians between 1919 and 1923. On July 24, 1923, he participated in the League of Nations - peace conference in the Swiss city of Lausanne , where he the Turkish delegation to the resettlement of the Assyrians in and around the province of Hakkari asked in In return for the allegiance of the Assyrians. Turkey’s secretary and foreign minister, Ismet Pasha , who headed the Turkish delegation, was in favor of the resettlement, but a telegram from the central government in Angora contradicted this.
Petros Agha spent his twilight years near Toulouse in France , where he lived until his death.
literature
- Rev. WA Wigram: The Assyrians and Their Neighbors . Gorgias Press LLC, 2002, ISBN 1-931956-11-1 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Zinda Magazine Archive ( Memento from December 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b c d e f آغا بطرس: سنحاريب القرن العشرين (PDF; 10.7 MB), نينوس نيراري
- ^ A b Rev. WA Wigram: The Cradle of Mankind, life in Eastern Kurdistan, Second Edition . A & C Black, Ltd, London 1922, p. 218-219 ( online ).
- ↑ French : methyl Daniel, L'action des grandes Puissances dans la région d'Ourmia (Iran) et les Assyrian Chaldéens: 1917-1918. In: Studia Kurdica. No. 1-5, Paris 1988, ISSN 0765-1074 , p. 86, online version
- ↑ a b Joseph Naayem: Shall this nation die? Chaldean Rescue, New York, 1920, p. 277 online version
- ↑ استشهاد مارشمعون .ونزوح الاشوريين الى بعقوبة ( Memento of July 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), Zahrira.net
- ↑ 1923: Agha Petros and the Lausanne Telegraphs , atour.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Agha Petros |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Petros Elia from Baz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ottoman diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baz (Turkey) , Ottoman Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 2, 1932 |
| Place of death | Toulouse , France |