1879-1932
He was a military commander. He was born in the village Baz (in Turkey). He studied in the schools of the missionaries in the region of Baz and Urmia (north of Iran). He was appointed a teacher in one of the villages of his clan. He traded in furnishings between Iran and America in 1913 In 1914 he became the Honorary Turkish Consul in Urmia. After the outbreak of war between Russia and Turkey, he joined the Russian forces with the rest of the Assyrians in Iran. He led the Assyrian army in the areas of Hakkari, Urmia and Mindan during the First World War. He settled in Iraq in 1918 He held several positions, and he was granted various medals and decorations. In 1920 he was exiled from Iraq to France. In 1923 he participated in the Lausanne Peace Conference France. Besides his mother tongue, he mastered a number of foreign languages. He wrote military reports that were published in various periodicals. He made a dictionary in several languages. and it was printed in Baghdad in 1920 He died in Toulon. France. He was nicknamed Sennacherib of the twenticth century”.
