Simko Shikak: Difference between revisions

In March 1918, under the pretext of meeting for the purpose of cooperation, Simko arranged the assassination of the [[Assyrian Church of the East]] patriarch, [[Shimun XIX Benyamin|Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin]], ambushing him and his 150 guards, as Mar Shimun was entering his carriage. The patriarchal ring was stolen at this time and the body of the patriarch was only recovered hours later, according to the eye-witness account of Daniel d-Malik Ismael.<ref>{{cite book |first1=M. Th. |last1=Houtsma |first2=E. |last2=van Donzel |title=E. J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936 |year=1993 |isbn=90-04-08265-4 |page=118 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Maria T. |last=O'Shea |title=Trapped Between the Map and Reality: Geography and Perceptions of Kurdistan |location=New York |publisher=Routledge |year=2004 |isbn=0415947669 |page=100 |quote=Simko later arranged the assassination of Mar Shamon, the Assyrian patriarch in March 1918, under the pretext of a meeting to discuss cooperation. }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Mordechai |last=Nisan |title=Minorities in the Middle East: A History of Struggle and Self-Expression |location=Jefferson, NC |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland |year=2002 |isbn=0786413751 |page=187 |quote=Simko, their leader in Iran, had invited Mar Shimon for conference in Kuhnehshahr, west of Salmas, kissed him—and then treacherously murdered the Nestorian patriarch and his men }}</ref>

 

 

By summer 1918, Simko had established his authority in the region west of [[Lake Urmia]].<ref>W. G. Elphinston, ''The Kurdish Question'', International Affairs, Vol.22, No.1, pp. 91-103, 1946. p. 97</ref>