![]() ![]() Around three hundred of the villagers, both men and women, armed mostly with flintlock rifles, had elected to stay and make a final stand. But some small children and elderly remained. Khushman Agha, a Kurdish ally, had told the villagers that Ottoman regular soldiers were preparing to attack Gelîguzan and that “no quarter would be given – man, woman or child.” 2 Already, many of the women and children of Gelîguzan had fled up the mountain. The culprits were said to be government soldiers dressed as Kurdish nomads. Ten days before, the villages of Shenik and Semal had been burned. 2 Foreign Office (British), Confidential 6695, FO 424/182, Further Correspondence Respecting Asiatic (.)ĢThis was such a time. ![]()
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