In 1919, Colonel Clouscard dispatched other Armenian officers to Upper Mesopotamia, in Syria, to continue the search for deportees there. The names of some of these officers have come down to us: Sarkis Tufanian, Nshan Mateosian, Garabed Injian, Hajji Hagop Aroyan, Apraham Kargoezian, Bedros Karasarkisian, Levon Ajemian.85 Ajemian had earlier served as the Persian consul in Aleppo; his mission was to round up survivors in the areas around Ras ul-Ain and Nisibin in particular. The February 1919 pogrom in Aleppo, however, slowed down these rescue operations, because the British authorities feared they might alienate Syria’s Muslims. Not until the French mandate was established over the country could the search for women and children go on without interference.
On 1 February 1920, after briefly financing the Aleppo women’s shelter as well as rescue operations under an agreement with the Young Armenian Women’s Association, the local AGBU chapter elected to administer the shelter directly. The Women’s Association continued, however, to oversee its educational and vocational programs ... Read all
Post-War Aleppo and Armenian Refugees
Residents of the AGBU's Aleppo women's shelter in 1919
(Coll. Bibl. Nubar/Paris).
Harutyun and Krikor Tashjian, natives of Malatia, recovered from an Arab tribe (Coll. Bibl. Nubar/Paris).
Deportees from Mosul being sent down the Tigris to the camp in Baquba in June 1919, as were the orphans rescued by Rupen Herian
(Coll. Bibl. Nubar/Paris).