| M | |||
| Ma’an | — | — | 1 |
| Ma’ara | — | — | 2 |
| Makof | — | 1 | — |
| Malatia | — | 4 | 4 |
| Malgara | 1 | 1 | — |
| Maltepé | — | 1 | — |
| Mama Hatoun-Derdjan | — | 1 | 2 |
| Mamouret | — | — | 1 |
| Mamouret-ul-Aziz, vilayet | — | 5 | — |
| Mandjaluk | — | 2 | — |
| Mansouria—Monsoria | — | 1 | — |
| Maragha | — | 1 | — |
| Marash | — | 13 | 3 |
| Mar Audishu | — | 2 | — |
| Mardin | — | 6 | 1 |
| (Markar) | — | — | 1 |
| Marmardjik | — | 1 | — |
| Marmora, Coasts of | — | 1 | — |
| Marsovan | — | 15 | — |
| Marsovan District | — | 1 | — |
| Mayadin | — | — | 1 |
| Mediterranean, Coasts of | — | 1 | — |
| Meghd | — | 1 | — |
| Mekragom | — | 1 | — |
| Melashkerd-Melazkerd | — | 2 | — |
| Mergavar | — | 1 | — |
| Mersina | — | 5 | — |
| Meskené | — | — | 1 |
| Mesopotamia | — | — | 11 |
| Mess Nor Keui | — | 1 | — |
| Messoudia | — | 1 | — |
| Mezré | — | 6 | — |
| Miandoab | — | 1 | — |
| Mikhalidj | — | — | 1 |
| Mirkedjia | — | — | 1 |
| Moks, kaza | — | 1 | — |
| Morinig | — | 1 | — |
| Mosul | — | — | 11 |
| Mosul, Region of | — | — | 1 |
| (Mouandjik) | — | — | 1 |
| Moumbidj | — | — | 2 |
| Mourad Su—Eastern Euphrates | — | — | 2 |
| Moush | — | 12 | — |
| N | |||
| (Nahichevan) | — | — | 2 |
| (Nahichevan, Town and District) | — | — | 1 |
| Nazi | — | 1 | — |
| Nazlu District | — | 1 | — |
| Nigdé | — | 1 | — |
| (Nijni-Akhti) | — | — | 1 |
| Niksar | — | 2 | — |
| Norag | — | 1 | — |
| Nordoz | — | 2 | — |
| (Novo-Bayazid) | — | — | 1 |
| (Novo-Bayazid, Town and | |||
| District) | — | — | 1 |
| (Novo-Nikolaievka) | — | — | 1 |
| O | |||
| Odjakli | — | 1 | — |
| Olti | — | — | 1 |
| Ordou | — | 2 | — |
| Ortakeui | — | 2 | — |
| Osmania | — | — | 9 |
| Oulash | — | 1 | — |
| Ourbadji Oglou Deré (near | |||
| Baibourt) | — | — | 1 |
| Ourfa | — | 14 | 4 |
| Ourough | — | 1 | — |
| Ovadjik | — | 1 | — |
| P | |||
| Palu | — | — | 1 |
| Panderma | — | 2 | — |
| (Parakar) | — | — | 1 |
| Passin District | — | 3 | 1 |
| Pazou | — | 2 | — |
| Pelou | — | 2 | — |
| Pera | — | 1 | — |
| Perkenik | — | 1 | — |
| Perkhous | — | 1 | — |
| Perri | — | 1 | — |
| Pertchendji | — | — | 1 |
| Plel | — | 1 | — |
| (Plour) | — | — | 1 |
| Polatlu | — | 1 | — |
| (Port Said) | — | — | 3 |
| Q | |||
| Quodshanis | — | 5 | — |
| R | |||
| Radjou | — | — | 2 |
| Rahva | — | 1 | — |
| Rakka | — | — | 5 |
| Ras-ul-Ain | — | — | 3 |
| Rodosto | — | 1 | — |
| Roumlou | — | 2 | — |
| S | |||
| Sabandja | — | 2 | — |
| Sahajian District | — | 1 | — |
| Sairt | — | 3 | — |
| Salekan | — | 1 | — |
| Salmas | — | 4 | 4 |
| Salmas District | — | 3 | — |
| Salt Desert of Anatolia | — | — | 1 |
| (Samaghar) | — | — | 1 |
| Samsoun | — | 10 | 3 |
| Sarai | — | 2 | — |
| Sassoun | — | 3 | — |
| Scutari | — | 1 | — |
| Selefka | — | 2 | — |
| Severeg | — | — | 1 |
| Shabin Kara-Hissar | — | 6 | — |
| Shadakh | — | 1 | — |
| Shadakh Region—Shatakh Kaza | — | 3 | — |
| Shahbagh | — | 1 | — |
| Shakh | — | 1 | — |
| Shaklak | — | 1 | — |
| Shar Kishla—Sari-Kishila | — | 3 | 4 |
| (Sharori) | — | — | 1 |
| Sheer—Shar | — | 3 | — |
| Sheitan Dere <ssi> | — | — | 2 |
| Shekhlan | — | 1 | — |
| Shivilgi | — | 1 | — |
| (Shousha District) | — | — | 1 |
| Shushantz | — | 2 | — |
| Silivri | — | 1 | — |
| Sis | — | 5 | 1 |
| Sivas | — | 17 | 4 |
| Sivas District—Sivas vilayet | — | 10 | — |
| Slivan | — | 1 | — |
| Smyrna | — | 1 | — |
| Sordar | — | 1 | — |
| Sortra | — | 1 | — |
| Soudjboulak | — | 1 | — |
| Soulouk | — | 1 | — |
| Sourp Garabed Monastery | — | 1 | — |
| Soushehri | — | 2 | — |
| Sughurt—Sairt (?) | — | 2 | — |
| (Suhoi Fontan) | — | — | 1 |
| Sultania | — | — | 6 |
| Süngürlü—Soungourlou | — | 2 | — |
| (Surmalin) | — | — | 1 |
| Surudj | — | — | 1 |
| Suverek | — | 1 | — |
| Syria | — | — | 4 |
| T | |||
| Tabriz | — | 3 | — |
| Tal | — | 3 | — |
| Talas | — | 5 | 1 |
| Talas, Villages in the | |||
| District of | — | 1 | — |
| Tamar | — | 1 | — |
| (Tarsa-Tchai) | — | — | 1 |
| Tarsus | — | 3 | 8 |
| Tasholouk | — | 1 | — |
| Tchai | — | — | 1 |
| (Tchaikent) | — | — | 1 |
| Tchalgara | — | — | 1 |
| Tchamli-Bel | — | — | 2 |
| Tchamulan | — | — | 1 |
| Tcharbash | — | 1 | — |
| (Tchardahli) | — | — | 1 |
| Tchargousha | — | 1 | — |
| Tchar-Sandjak | — | 1 | — |
| Tchar-Shamba | — | 2 | — |
| Tchemesh-Getzak | — | 2 | — |
| (Tchibouhli) | — | — | 1 |
| Tchiftlik, near Tokat | — | — | 2 |
| Tchingiler | — | 2 | — |
| Tchomakli | — | 1 | — |
| Tchorlu | — | 1 | — |
| Tchoroum—Chorun | — | 4 | — |
| Tchoukour | — | 1 | — |
| Tchumbar | — | 1 | — |
| Tchunkoush | — | 1 | — |
| Tchutlug—Khoutlig | — | 1 | 1 |
| Tedjir | — | — | 1 |
| Teheran | — | — | 1 |
| Tel-Armen | — | 1 | — |
| Telouk-Khaina | — | — | 1 |
| Ten | — | 1 | — |
| Tergawar | — | 1 | — |
| Tiari | — | 5 | — |
| (Tiflis) | — | — | 1 |
| (Tiflis, Town and District) | — | — | 1 |
| Tigris River | — | — | 2 |
| Tireboli | — | 1 | — |
| Tkhouma—Tkhoma | — | 5 | — |
| Tokat | — | 6 | — |
| Totz | — | 1 | — |
| Toutlikeui | — | — | 1 |
| Trebizond | — | 10 | — |
| Trebizond, vilayet | — | 3 | — |
| Turchal | — | — | 2 |
| Tzeronk | — | 1 | — |
| U | |||
| Urmia—Urmi | — | 12 | 1 |
| Urmia District | — | 3 | — |
| Ushnuk | — | — | 1 |
| V | |||
| (Vaharshapat, Town and District) | — | — | 1 |
| Van | — | 14 | 1 |
| Van, vilayet | — | 3 | 2 |
| Van-Dosp District—Timar | — | 1 | — |
| Varak Monastery | — | 2 | — |
| (Veri Ailaulou) | — | — | 1 |
| Vezir Köprü | — | 3 | — |
| Viran Shehr | — | — | 2 |
| Vostan | — | 2 | — |
| Y | |||
| Yalova | — | 1 | — |
| Yarpouz | — | 2 | — |
| Yeghek | — | — | 1 |
| Yenidjé | — | 1 | — |
| Yeni Han (near Tokat) | — | — | 1 |
| Yeni-Shehr | — | — | 1 |
| Yerebakan | — | 1 | — |
| Yermag | — | — | 1 |
| Yoghanolouk | — | 2 | — |
| Yozgad | — | 2 | — |
| Yulduz Han (near Sivas) | — | — | 1 |
| Z | |||
| Zara | — | 1 | — |
| Zeitoun | 4 | 19 | — |
| Ziaret | — | 1 | — |
| Zila | — | 1 | 2 |
| Zindjirderé | — | 1 | — |
150. MESSAGE, DATED 22nd JULY, 1916, FROM MR. N., OF CONSTANTINOPLE; COMMUNICATED BY THE AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR ARMENIAN AND SYRIAN RELIEF.
N. desires his correspondents beyond the borders of Turkey to be confidentially informed:—
“That he has word from German Relief Agents at Aleppo, sent through German Embassy, who report visits of their helpers to wide district, including Der-el-Zor and other places on Euphrates and in desert. They have seen thousands of deported Armenians under tents in the open, in convoys on the march, descending River in boats and in all phases of their miserable life. Only in few places does Government issue any rations, and those quite insufficient. People therefore themselves forced to satisfy their hunger with food begged in that scanty land or found in the parched fields. Agents found them eating grass, herbs, and locusts, and in desperate cases dead animals and human bodies are reported to have been eaten. Naturally, death-rate from starvation and sickness very high, and increased by brutal treatment of the authorities, whose bearing toward exiles as they are being driven back and forth over desert is not unlike that of slave-drivers. With few exceptions no shelter of any kind is provided, and the people coming from cold climate are left under scorching desert sun without food or water. Temporary amelioration can only be obtained by the few able to pay officials.
“Misery and hopelessness of the situation is such that many are reported to resort to suicide. Illustrating methods employed, agents report gathering group of one hundred children whom they placed in care of educated young widow from Hadjin. Two weeks later these children were deported, and from two survivors found further down convoy route it was learned that the rest had perished. House mother, crazed by treatment of her charges, was among deported moving on. Boat-loads sent from Zor down the River arrived at Ana, one hundred and thirty miles away, with three-fifths of passengers missing. There appears, in short, to be steady policy to exterminate these people, but to deny charge of massacre. Their destruction from so-called natural causes seems decided upon.”
[283]. The Ottoman Government appears to have placed new difficulties in the way of this relief, before it could be brought into practical operation.—Editor.
GUIDE TO THE READER.
This volume has been made, as far as possible, an exhaustive collection of evidence. It therefore necessarily contains much that is only of slight interest to the ordinary reader, and many of the documents are duplicate accounts, from independent sources, of identical events, which, while of the highest value from the evidential point of view, are superfluous to those who wish merely to form a general idea of what occurred.
It has therefore seemed advisable, in the reader’s interest, to single out forty or fifty of the most important documents (about one in three of the whole series), and direct his attention, in the first place, to these. They are detailed, with an indication of their contents, in the following list:—