Margaret George Shello
Margaret George Shello | |
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| Born | |
| Died | 1969[1] or 1966[2][3] Kala-Komereyh, Iraq |
| Occupation | Peshmerga |
| Movement | Kurdish Democratic Party |
Margaret George Shello (Syriac: ܡܪܓܪܝܬ ܓܝܘܪܓܝܣ ܫܠܘ), also known as Margaret George Malik,[4] was an iconic[5] Assyrian guerilla fighter who joined the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in their fight against the Iraqi governments in the 1960s. She was one of the few female peshmerga commanders in the 1960s.[5]
Biography
Margaret joined the ranks of Peshmerga, probably at the age of 20, in 1960, and was given a leading position in important battles such as the battle of Zawita Valley.[1]
Circumstances that led to her early death are still disputed.[3] Stories about her death usually state either that she was killed by a lover who rejected a marriage proposal[1], or assassinated by Kurdish leaders because she asked for a leadership role[6], or assassinated by the Iraqi Army.[1]
Michael M. Gunter describes Shello as "a sort of Kurdish Joan of Arc" in his Historical Dictionary of the Kurds.[6]
In 2013, Shello's brother Adad Ashurseen (formerly Eduard George) visited Iraqi Kurdistan to meet with Masoud Barzani to try to find answers to Shello's assassination.
References
- ^ a b c d Sankey, Margaret D. (2018). Women and War in the 21st Century: A Country-by-Country Guide. ABC-CLIO. p. 172. ISBN 978-1-4408-5766-9.
- ^ McDowall, David (1997). A Modern History of the Kurds. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-1-86064-185-5.
- ^ a b Gunter, Michael M. (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Kurds. Scarecrow Press. pp. 103–. ISBN 978-0-8108-7507-4.
- ^ Assyrians in Iraq, Vahram Petrosian
- ^ a b Vindheim, Jan Bojer (2016). Kurdistan stiger fram. Kolofon Forlag. p. 71. ISBN 978-82-300-1494-3.
- ^ a b Gunter, Michael M. (2018-02-20). Historical Dictionary of the Kurds. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781538110508.
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