Blue Book (Bryce and Toynbee book)

The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire
AuthorArnold Joseph Toynbee
Original titleThe Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire: Documents presented to Viscount Grey of Fallodon
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
PublisherSir Joseph Causton and Sons Ltd.
Publication date
1916
Publication placeEngland, UK
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages742
TextThe Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire online

The Blue Book, officially titled The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire 1915-1916, was an official report commissioned by the British Parliament and presented in 1916 by Viscount Bryce and Arnold J. Toynbee.[1] The 742-page volume is a compilation of over 100 sources that chronicled the early period of the Armenian genocide and the Assyrian genocide in the Ottoman Empire.[2][3]

  1. ^ Toynbee, Arnold; Bryce, James Bryce; Great Britain. Foreign Office (1916). The treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, 1915-16 : documents presented to Viscount Grey of Fallodon, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, by Viscount Bryce. Boston Public Library. London : H.M. Stationery Off., Printed by Sir Joseph Causton and Sons.
  2. ^ The Treatment of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, 1915-1916: Documents Presented to Viscount Grey of Falloden by Viscount Bryce, James Bryce and Arnold Toynbee, Uncensored Edition. Ara Sarafian (ed.) Princeton, N.J.: Gomidas Institute, 2000. ISBN 0-9535191-5-5
  3. ^ Tusan, Michelle (2015). "James Bryce's Blue Book as Evidence". Journal of Levantine Studies. 5 (2): 33–50. Archived from the original on 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2022-08-13.