 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1915, pakati pekuparadzwa kwevanhu vechiArmenian kuri kuitikauye vaAsiria vakaitwa nehurumende yeOttoman uye maKurd emuno, Aziz Feyzi naZülfü Bey vakaita gadziriro yekuparadza vanhu vechiKristu veJazirat Ibn ʿUmar pakurairwa kwaMehmed Reshid, vali weDiyarbekir. Kubva 29 Kubvumbi kusvika 12 Chivabvu, vakuru vakuru vakashanyira dunhu uye vakakurudzira maKurd kurwisa maKristu; Halil Sâmi, kaymakam weJazirat Ibn ʿUmar kubvira 31 Kurume 1913, akatsiviwa naKemal Bey musi wa2 Chivabvu 1915 nekuda kwekuramba kwake kutsigira zvirongwa zvekuparadza vanhu. Panguva iyi, mapoka maviri eredif reserve akanga akaiswa muguta. Julius Behnam, Bhishopi Mukuru weSyriac Orthodox weGazarta, akatizira kuAzakh paakanzwa nezvokutanga kwevanhu vaiurayiwa mudunhu racho muna July. MaKristu mumaruwa edunhu akaurayiwa kwemazuva anoverengeka kubva musi wa8 Nyamavhuvhu zvichienda mberi, uye misha yakati wandei yeJacobite ne15 yeChaldean Catholic yakaparadzwa. 