Malik Qambar (Syriac: ܡܐܠܝܟ ܩܐܡܒܐܪ) was a Catholic-Assyrian national leader and general of the Assyro-Chaldean battalion formed in 1920 as part of the French Foreign Legion.

[1] Early in his childhood he learned to handle weapons and gained a reputation in nearby villages for being a good shooter.

The Kurdish tribal leader Nuri Bey had heard about this information and when the men were on their way home from Van, they were attacked by his followers.

According to Parhad, the British who tried to lure the Assyrians over to the Allies saw this as an obstacle and persuaded the patriarch and his sister Lady Surma to eliminate the leader Nimrod Shimun.

The idea was that the Russian army would provide Volunteer Assyrians with equipment and training so that they could help their countrymen in Urmia.

[7] The situation in Georgia worsened with the rapidly growing number of Assyrian refugees, and in 1918 the Turks marched with the Germans towards Tbilisi.

Shortly afterwards, Qambar left on the orders of the French to Beirut and was able to rest briefly in Constantinople before arriving at the final destination.

[9] Qambar had been invited to a dinner in Lebanon with France's commander in Syria and Cilicia General Gouraud, Father Mansour Koryakos representing the Chaldean patriarch and a French colonel.

[10] Malik Qambar was chosen as the leader of this project and he was given the task of returning to the Caucasus to convince as many men as possible to establish a division of warring Assyrians in Upper Gozarto.

[11] Together with Dr. Viktor Yonan, editor of the journal L'action Assyro-Chaldéenne, they recruited volunteer Assyrians who later was sent to Syria to fight.

According to Malik Qambar's messenger, the British in Iraq had spread rumors that he had sold the Assyrians and Chaldeans to the French.

Malik Qambar organized his troops in Syria with the help of the French officers Captain Hariot and Lieutenants Marandin and Philippot.

Western Assyrians, fleeing towns and villages in Tur Abdin and the Mardin district, had also joined this force.

During his time in Jerusalem, Qambar wrote a small booklet about the tours on the Assyrian issue in the League of Nations.

In gratitude for his efforts, the Ethiopian emperor offered him a personal sword engraved with the country's seal and badges.

Malik Qambar continued to be active and traveled to meet Assyrians in Iraq, Syria and the United States.