NOTE TO
SECOND EDITION
PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION
CHAPTER I
BEYOND THE PALE OF THE RAILWAY (ALEPPO AND URFA)
CHAPTER
II
A LAND OF DUST AND ASHES (DIARBEKR AND MARDIN)
CHAPTER
III
THE MARCHES OF ANCIENT ROME (DARA AND NISIBIN)
CHAPTER
IV
THE BURDEN OF NEWER NINEVEH (MOSUL)
CHAPTER V
THE TEMPLE OF THE DEVIL (SHEIKH ADI)
CHAPTER
VI
THE SKIRTS OF THE MOUNTAINS (RABBAN HORMIZD, BAVIAN, AND AKRA)
CHAPTER
VII
AN ORIENTAL VICH IAN VOHR (THE SHEIKH OF BARZAN)
CHAPTER
VIII
A MASTER OF MISRULE (NERI AND JILU)
CHAPTER
IX
THE DEBATABLE LAND (GAWAR, TERGAWAR, MERGAWAR)
CHAPTER
XI
A LAND OF TROUBLE AND ANGUISH (URMI TO VAN)
CHAPTER
XII
A SLOUGH OF DISCONTENT (VAN AND THE ARMENIANS)
CHAPTER
XIII
THE LAND OF PRESTER JOHN (QUDSHANIS)
CHAPTER
XIV
THE GREAT CANONS (THE NESTORIAN "ASHIRETS" OF HAKKIARI)
CHAPTER
XV
INTRUDERS IN A PANDEMONIUM (AMADIA AND BOHTAN )
CHAPTER
XVI
THE GRAVES OF DEAD EMPIRES (MOSUL TO BAGHDAD)
CHAPTER
XVII
OUR SMALLEST ALLY
CHAPTER
XVIII
DEAD SEA FRUIT
GLOSSARY
MAP
FOOTNOTES