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
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
These are the villages occupied after the Baznaye were resettled by the British in 1920s and the French in the 1930s.
^Wilmshurst, David (2000). The ecclesiastical organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913. University of Virginia: Peeters. p. 285.
ISBN9782877235037.
^
abDodge, 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.
ISSN0035-8789.
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
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
These are the villages occupied after the Baznaye were resettled by the British in 1920s and the French in the 1930s.
^Wilmshurst, David (2000). The ecclesiastical organisation of the Church of the East, 1318-1913. University of Virginia: Peeters. p. 285.
ISBN9782877235037.
^
abDodge, 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.
ISSN0035-8789.