PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
THE NESTORIAN CHRISTIANS AND THEIR
DOCTRINES
THE HERESY OF NESTORIUS
PROGRESS OF NESTORIANISM
THE CONVERSION OF TURKESTAN
DOWNFALL OF THE NESTORIAN CHURCH IN CHINA
THE CREED AND DOCTRINE OF THE NESTORIANS
THE TRAVELS OF THE NESTORIAN CHINESE MONKS, RABBAN SAWMA AND MARKOS
I.--THE TRAVELS OF SAWMA AND MARK
THE PAIZAH OR BULL OF THE MONGOL KINGS
II.--THE TRAVELS OF RABBAN SAWMA
SAWMA RETURNS TO MONGOLIA
III.--THE PATRIARCHATE OF MAR YAHBH-ALLAHA III
THE IL-KHANS OF PERSIA
THE DECLINE OF CHRISTIANITY IN CENTRAL ASIA AND CHINA
THE MODERN NESTORIANS
THE CREED OF MAR YAHBH-ALLAHA III
APPENDIX A TO INTRODUCTION
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE FIRST MONGOL
EMPIRE
THE MONGOLS AND CHRISTIANITY
THE MONGOL LANGUAGE
THE PROGRESS OF MUHAMMADANISM IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY
APPENDIX B TO INTRODUCTION
THE NESTORIAN STELE AT HSI-AN-FU
TRANSLATION OF THE SYRIAC TEXT
I
THE PRAYER OF THE SYRIAN TRANSLATOR
CHAPTER I
THE HISTORY OF RABBAN SAWMA
CHAPTER II
THE HISTORY OF MAR YAHBH-ALLAHA, THE
CATHOLICUS AND PATRIARCH OF THE EAST
CHAPTER III
RABBAN SAWMA AND RABBAN MARKOS WISH TO
GO TO JERUSALEM
CHAPTER IV
RABBAN MARK IS ORDAINED METROPOLITAN,
AND IS CALLED MAR YAHBH-ALLAHA, AND RABBAN SAWMA BECOMES VISITOR-GENERAL
CHAPTER V
YAHBH-ALLAHA IS ELECTED PATRIARCH
CHAPTER VI
THE FALSE ACCUSATIONS WHICH MAR YAHBH
SUFFERED IN THE DAYS OF AHMAD THE KING
CHAPTER VII
(47)
ON THE DEPARTURE OF RABBAN SAWMA TO THE COUNTRY OF THE ROMANS IN THE
NAME OF KING ARGHON AND OF THE CATHOLICUS MAR YAHBH-ALLAHA
THE JOURNEY OF RABBAN SAWMA; TO THE COUNTRY OF THE ROMANS IN THE NAME
OF KING ARGHON AND OF THE CATHOLICUS MAR YAHBH-ALLAHA
RABBAN SAWMA IN BYZANTIUM
RABBAN SAWMA IN ITALY AND IN GREAT ROME
THE BELIEF OF RABBAN SAWMA, WHICH THE CARDINALS DEMANDED FROM HIM
RABBAN SAWMA IN FRANSA OR FRANGESTAN
RABBAN SAWMA GOES TO THE KING OF ENGLAND [i.e. EDWARD I]
RABBAN SAWMA RETURNS TO ROME
THE RETURN OF RABBAN SAWMA FROM ROME AND FROM MAR PAPA, THE CATHOLICUS
PATRIARCH OF THE ROMANS AND OF ALL WESTERNS
CHAPTER VIII
THE GOOD ACTS OF KING ARGHAN, AND HIS
DEATH
CHAPTER IX
KING KAIKHATO AND MAR YAHBH-ALLAHA
CHAPTER X
THE DEATH OF RABBAN SAWMA AND OF THE
KINGS KAIKHATO AND BAIDU
CHAPTER XI
THE PERSECUTION OF MAR YAHBH-ALLAHA AND
THE CHRISTIANS IN MARAGHAH
CHAPTER XII
KING KAZAN PAYS HONOUR TO MAR
YAHBH-ALLAHA
CHAPTER XIII
FURTHER PILLAGE AND MURDER IN MARAGHAH
CHAPTER XIV
REBELLIONS AND FIGHTINGS IN THE
FORTRESS OF ARBIL
CHAPTER XV
MAR YAHBH-ALLAHA FLOURISHETH AND
FINISHES BUILDING THE MONASTERY OF MARAGHAH
CHAPTER XVI
THE LOVE OF KING KAZAN FOR MAR
YAHBH-ALLAHA, AND HIS DEATH
CHAPTER XVII
KING ULJAITO AND MAR YAHBH-ALLAHA
CHAPTER XVIII
THE MASSACRE OF THE CHRISTIANS AT ARBIL
CHAPTER XIX
THE DEATH OF MAR YAHBH-ALLAHA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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