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Cizre kaza
Village of Garissa: There were about ten Syriac families living in Garissa 1915. They first moved to Beth Zabdai, and later to Mosul, where they settled.
Village of Heniki: is a village situated within the Syriac diocese of Jezire (also known as Hani or Hanewiye). During the Sayfo or Syriac Genocide between 1915 and 1924, the village was home to approximately 400 Syriac Christians. In 1915, the village was attacked by Ottoman army units and Kurdish forces during the general campaign to eradicate the Christian element in the Jezire diocese. Archival accounts indicate that the entire Christian population of the village was murdered during this period, with no survivors documented in the immediate aftermath of the slaughter.
Village of Tellibel: The village of Tellibel (or Tell Bal) was a Syriac Orthodox enclave situated in Northern Mesopotamia within the Cizre kaza. It was recognized as part of the Syriac Orthodox ecclesiastical hierarchy in the Jazira region before its destruction. Before the onset of the Sayfo genocide, the population of Tellibel consisted of fifty Syriac Orthodox families. In 1915, during the general campaign of extermination directed against Christians in the Cizre diocese, the village was subjected to a comprehensive massacre. The atrocity resulted in the near-total liquidation of the Christian population, with nearly all members of the fifty families being killed. Records identify the perpetrators as a combination of Ottoman military forces and various Kurdish tribal groups, acting under the coordination of local government officials in Diyarbekir and Mardin. Archival testimonies identify two survivors from the village of Tellibel. The fate of these survivors was determined by the protective actions of local Kurdish servants who chose to hide them from the marauding forces during the height of the killing. This instance of protection is highlighted in historical accounts as an exception to the general pattern of tribal participation in the massacre of the Syriac population in the Jezire region. Following the genocide, the village was depopulated of its original Syriac inhabitants, and its final status involved being repopulated by Muslim residents under its new Turkish name.
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