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Mata Khtata, a village in Baz,
Hakkari
, c. 1900
Assyrians under a tree in Baz, Hakkari, c. 1900
Baz
(
Syriac
:
??
) was one of the five independent
Assyrian
tribes of the
Hakkari
region.
[1]
History
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Maha Khtayya was the chief village of the region, followed by Shwawwa.
[2]
The Assyrians of the Baz tribe were renowned carpenters and iron-workers who worked not only in their villages, but throughout
Mosul
and other large towns of
Upper Mesopotamia
.
[3]
Assyrian Villages in Baz, Turkey
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The Assyrian settlements that traditionally comprised the Baz region in Hakkari consist of the following villages.
[2]
[4]
The region has been empty since they were abandoned in 1915 due to the
Assyrian genocide
.
[2]
- Arwantus (Artusnaye)
- Shwawwa (Shawutnaye)
- Maha Khtayya (Mahaye) (37°27 N, 43°53 E)
- Be-Selim (Selimnaye)
- Argab (Argabaye)
- Kojij (Kojijnaye)
Current Baznaye settlements
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These are the villages occupied after the Baznaye were resettled by the British in 1920s and the French in the 1930s.
Assyrian church
of Mar Mattai in
Sarsing
.
- Iraq
- Babilo (Shawutnaye)
- Bagereh (Selimnaye)
- Chaqala (Kojijnaye)
- Sardarawa (Artusnaye)
- Sorka (Mahaye)
- Simele
(Mahaye)
- Badarrash (Artusnaye)
- Sarsing
(Artusnaye)
- Sikren (Selimnaye)
- Sedar (Shawutnaye)
- Pirozawa (Argabaye)
- Ain Sifni
(Mixed Baznaye)
- Mawana (Mixed Baznaye)
- Syria
- Tell Baz
(Shawutnaye, Mahaye and some Argabaye)
[5]
[6]
- Tell Ruman Foqani (Selimnaye and Mahaye)
[5]
[7]
Famous people
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References
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Wilmshurst, David (2000).
The ecclesiastical organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913
. University of Virginia: Peeters. p. 285.
ISBN
9782877235037
.
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a
b
c
Mutzafi, Hezy (2000).
"The Neo-Aramaic dialect of Maha Khtaya d-Baz. Phonology, morphology and texts"
.
Journal of Semitic Studies
.
45
: 293, 294.
doi
:
10.1093/jss/45.2.293
.
- ^
Maunsell, F.R. (1901). "Central Kurdistan".
The Geographical Journal
.
18
(2): 138.
doi
:
10.2307/1775333
.
JSTOR
1775333
.
- ^
Ainsworth, William (1841).
"An Account of a Visit to the Chaldeans, Inhabiting Central Kurdistan; And of an Ascent of the Peak of Rowandiz (Tur Sheikhiwa) in Summer in 1840"
.
Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London
.
11
: 35.
doi
:
10.2307/1797632
.
JSTOR
1797632
.
- ^
a
b
Dodge, Bayard (1 July 1940). "The settlement of the Assyrians on the Khabbur".
Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society
.
27
(3): 314.
doi
:
10.1080/03068374008730969
.
ISSN
0035-8789
.
- ^
Fernandez, Alberto M. (1998).
"Dawn at Tell Tamir: The Assyrian Christian Survival on the Khabur River"
(PDF)
.
Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies
.
12
(1): 41, 42. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 2016-08-28
. Retrieved
2020-04-25
.
- ^
Fernandez, Alberto M. (1998).
"Dawn at Tell Tamir: The Assyrian Christian Survival on the Khabur River"
(PDF)
.
Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies
.
12
(1): 41, 42. Archived from
the original
(PDF)
on 2016-08-28
. Retrieved
2020-04-25
.
38°01′N
44°06′E
/
38.017°N 44.100°E
/
38.017; 44.100