There are persons in the report, one of which is a person that the report calls as Mussulman, is actually a Turk, who was doing their best to protect Christian (Armenian) families and being murdered along side the Armenian families who took shelter in Turk's house.
However, despite they are very well aware of these facts, Dashnak (i.e. Nazi) Armenians and other turcophobes prefer blaming Turks for the dire crimes Kurds were committing on them. Someone may ask why they should act like this. The reason behind this is to create an international environment, which is discriminatory and prejudious to Turkish Nation so they can invade Eastern Anatolia and cleanse any non-Armenian people by their help, just they did in the region which is called Armenian Republic today and Karabagh Area of Azerbaijan Republic.
Anyway read yourself and let the truth be told.
No More Discrimination.
No. 29
Mr. Layard to the Earl of Derby.
Mr. Layard to the Earl of Derby.
My Lord, THERAPIA, July 10, 1877.
(Received July i8.)
I HAVE the honour to inclose copy of a despatch addressed to me by Consul Zohrab, with reference to the excesses committed by the Kurds in the Pashalic of Van.
The apprehensions of Mr. Zohrab may be somewhat exaggerated, but from communications made to me by Safvet Pasha, and transmitted to your Lordship, it is to be feared that these barbarous tribes have devastated the country to a terrible extent, and have been guilty of great outrages upon the inhabitants, Mahommedans and Christians. The Persian Minister informs me that Sheikh Djelaleddin, the Kurdish Chief mentioned in Pasha Khan's letter, is a notorious robber and evil-doer, who is in the habit of transferring his allegiance backwards and forwards from Turkey to Persia, and extending his marauding expeditions to both.
Taking advantage of the war provoked by Russia, he appears to be plundering and murdering right and left. I have so frequently referred to the terrible results to the Christians themselves of the war declared by Russia against Turkey that I need not again touch upon this subject.
Your Lordsihp will perceive from Mr. Abbott's despatches to Her Majesty's Minister at Tehran, copies of which go to your Lordship by this messenger, that the greater number of Kurds who are committing excesses in the Van Pashalic are from Persian tribes who have crossed the frontier into Turkey.
The apprehensions of Mr. Zohrab may be somewhat exaggerated, but from communications made to me by Safvet Pasha, and transmitted to your Lordship, it is to be feared that these barbarous tribes have devastated the country to a terrible extent, and have been guilty of great outrages upon the inhabitants, Mahommedans and Christians. The Persian Minister informs me that Sheikh Djelaleddin, the Kurdish Chief mentioned in Pasha Khan's letter, is a notorious robber and evil-doer, who is in the habit of transferring his allegiance backwards and forwards from Turkey to Persia, and extending his marauding expeditions to both.
Taking advantage of the war provoked by Russia, he appears to be plundering and murdering right and left. I have so frequently referred to the terrible results to the Christians themselves of the war declared by Russia against Turkey that I need not again touch upon this subject.
Your Lordsihp will perceive from Mr. Abbott's despatches to Her Majesty's Minister at Tehran, copies of which go to your Lordship by this messenger, that the greater number of Kurds who are committing excesses in the Van Pashalic are from Persian tribes who have crossed the frontier into Turkey.
I have, &c.
(Signed) A. H. LAYARD.
Turkey, No 1 (1878), p. 64, No. 90Inclosure in No. 29
Consul Zohrab to Mr. Layard.
Consul Zohrab to Mr. Layard.
Sir, ERZEROOM, June 30, 1877.
I HAVE the honour to inclose some extracts from a letter I have just received from Van, giving a sketch of the state of the country.
In a letter from one of the missionary ladies at Van of the same date, which I have been permitted to read, details are entered into which give a most painful picture of the condition of the peasant in that province. The writer truly remarks that were the cruelties perpetrated by the Koords known in Europe, the Bulgarian atrocities would be thrown into the shade.
The Governor-General of Van, Hassan Pasha, is obliged to secure his own safety by keeping secret and changing constantly the place he sleeps in, generally selecting the place of some poor remote Christian.
Twelve guns, which were sent for the defense of Van against a Russian attack, have been placed in position in the citadel and pointed so as to enfilade the streets, and the Koords have been told that if they attempt a general pillage of the town or massacre of the people, they will be opened on them.
In a letter from one of the missionary ladies at Van of the same date, which I have been permitted to read, details are entered into which give a most painful picture of the condition of the peasant in that province. The writer truly remarks that were the cruelties perpetrated by the Koords known in Europe, the Bulgarian atrocities would be thrown into the shade.
The Governor-General of Van, Hassan Pasha, is obliged to secure his own safety by keeping secret and changing constantly the place he sleeps in, generally selecting the place of some poor remote Christian.
Twelve guns, which were sent for the defense of Van against a Russian attack, have been placed in position in the citadel and pointed so as to enfilade the streets, and the Koords have been told that if they attempt a general pillage of the town or massacre of the people, they will be opened on them.
I have, &c.
(Signed) J. ZOHRAB.
Turkey No. (1878), p. 64-65, No. 90/1
No. 30
Consul Zohrab to the Earl of Derby.
Consul Zohrab to the Earl of Derby.
My Lord, ERZEROOM, July 12, 1877.
(Received August 1.)
I HAVE the honour to inclose extracts from two letters received here from the American missionaries at Van and Bitlis, giving some further accounts of outrages perpetrated by Koords in those district.
I have, &c.
(Signed) JAS. ZOHRAB.
Turkey No. 1 (1878), p. 96, .No. 139
Inclosure in No. 30
To Consul Zohrab.
To Consul Zohrab.
(Extract). BITLIS, June 28, 1877.
OUR markets continue to be closed. The Motkanli Koords one day this week marched armed to our prison and released one of their number who had been two months imprisoned for murdering an Armenian. That night they had planned in force to plunder one part of the town, but they were prevented.
It seems that one of the influential Turks had notified the nomadic Koords in our mountains, who that night came down armed to oppose the Motkanlis. The latter had got wind of it and fled, no one to be found.
The nomadics had told the citizens that they (the citizens) were their customers, and bought the produce, &c., they brought into the city, and that, therefore, they would, protect them, and they might open their shops. Yesterday they opened their shops, but there occurred a quarrel between these nomadic Koords and some of the Turks, so the latter, as well as the Christians, closed their shops. Yesterday 480 cavalry arrived from the south, and they said 1,000 more would arrive to-day. We have not learned their destination. I expect some of them attempted to plunder, from the reports of some hundred or more guns we heard at midnight.
It seems that one of the influential Turks had notified the nomadic Koords in our mountains, who that night came down armed to oppose the Motkanlis. The latter had got wind of it and fled, no one to be found.
The nomadics had told the citizens that they (the citizens) were their customers, and bought the produce, &c., they brought into the city, and that, therefore, they would, protect them, and they might open their shops. Yesterday they opened their shops, but there occurred a quarrel between these nomadic Koords and some of the Turks, so the latter, as well as the Christians, closed their shops. Yesterday 480 cavalry arrived from the south, and they said 1,000 more would arrive to-day. We have not learned their destination. I expect some of them attempted to plunder, from the reports of some hundred or more guns we heard at midnight.
Turkey No. 1 (1878), p. 96-97, No 13/1
Inclosure 2 in No. 30
...to Consul Zohrab
...to Consul Zohrab
(Extract.) VAN, July 2, 1877.
THERE has been fighting at Bayazid, but we are in ignorance as to the exact results. Seventy prisoners have been brought in. The small Russian garrison left at Bayazid shut itself up in the barracks, and the Koords (so the story is told by Armenians here), because they were repulsed with considerable slaughter in their attempt to storm the barracks, wreaked their vengeance on the non-combatants of the city. It is related to me as from the letter of an eye-witness, that they seized young children by their hair with one hand, and cut their throats with the other; that they ravished women, then murdered them; that they broke into the house of a leading Mussulman, where forty Christian families had been received for protection, and killed every one, including the worthy house-owner. I cannot vouch for these stories, further than to say that Kurds admit that they killed non combatants, both Moslem and Christian.
What the state of affairs at Bayazid is now I know not. One story is that the Turkish troops brought up their cannon and demolished the barracks, and another that the arrival of heavy Russian reinforcements prevented their doing so.
I yesterday saw a reliable man, just from Bashkala. He says the villages there are all deserted. The Koords from the Garan region, Sheikh Aboodallah's men, passed through without doing any serious injury, but Koords from Persia have come and stripped every Christian village, with the exception of Bashkala itself, where the Kaimakam is. I have a list of about twenty villages there, wholly or in part Armenian, and he says that they are all deserted but one, to which a few have returned.
Everything was taken, and the villagers were literally stripped, leaving not a rag to cover their nakedness.
Many have fled to Persia, and some are seeking an asylum among neighbouring Koords.
Life was generally spared, but in the Elbak (i, e., Bashkala) region, there have been this year seventeen (I think it was) murders.
What the state of affairs at Bayazid is now I know not. One story is that the Turkish troops brought up their cannon and demolished the barracks, and another that the arrival of heavy Russian reinforcements prevented their doing so.
I yesterday saw a reliable man, just from Bashkala. He says the villages there are all deserted. The Koords from the Garan region, Sheikh Aboodallah's men, passed through without doing any serious injury, but Koords from Persia have come and stripped every Christian village, with the exception of Bashkala itself, where the Kaimakam is. I have a list of about twenty villages there, wholly or in part Armenian, and he says that they are all deserted but one, to which a few have returned.
Everything was taken, and the villagers were literally stripped, leaving not a rag to cover their nakedness.
Many have fled to Persia, and some are seeking an asylum among neighbouring Koords.
Life was generally spared, but in the Elbak (i, e., Bashkala) region, there have been this year seventeen (I think it was) murders.
Turkey No 1 (1878), p. 97, .No. 139/2
No. 31
Mr. Layard to the Earl of Derby.
Mr. Layard to the Earl of Derby.
Mv Lord, THERAPIA, July 17, 1877.
(Received July 25.)
WITH reference to my despatch of the 11th instant, I have the honour to inclose copy of a Memorandum which I have given to Safvet Pasha, calling his Excellency's attention to the threatened attack of the Kurds upon the Nestorian tribes.
His Excellency expressed great concern at receiving this information, and at once telegraphed to the Vali of Diarbekr to report without delay on the subject, and to take every possible measure for the protection of the Nestorians.
His Excellency expressed great concern at receiving this information, and at once telegraphed to the Vali of Diarbekr to report without delay on the subject, and to take every possible measure for the protection of the Nestorians.
I have, &c.
(Signed) A. H. LAYARD.
Turkey No 1 (1878), p. 82, No. 117/1
Inclosure in No. 31
Memorandum.
Memorandum.
INFORMATION from trustworthy sources leads to the belief that the Kurds are meditating an attack upon the Nestorian Christians. It is consequently to be feared that the Nestorian districts may again be exposed to devastation and their inhabitants to massacre, such as they experienced some thirty years ago, when Beder Khan Bey and Nour Ullah Bey fell upon them.
The Porte is urgently advised to adopt some immediate measures to prevent so lamentable a fate again befalling the Nestorian Christians, in whom England feels a very lively interest, who have at all times been loyal and peaceful subjects of the Sultan, and who have hitherto confided in his protection. If they were exposed, men, women, and children, to outrages and slaughter, as they were in 1846, public opinion throughout England would be deeply and painfully affected. It cannot be doubted that the Turkish Government will feel the great importance of taking steps without delay to prevent the Kurds from carrying out their intention of invading the Nestorian country.
The Porte is urgently advised to adopt some immediate measures to prevent so lamentable a fate again befalling the Nestorian Christians, in whom England feels a very lively interest, who have at all times been loyal and peaceful subjects of the Sultan, and who have hitherto confided in his protection. If they were exposed, men, women, and children, to outrages and slaughter, as they were in 1846, public opinion throughout England would be deeply and painfully affected. It cannot be doubted that the Turkish Government will feel the great importance of taking steps without delay to prevent the Kurds from carrying out their intention of invading the Nestorian country.
Turkey No. 1 (1878), p. 82. 117/1
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