item: #1 of 21 id: 10974 author: De Windt, Harry title: A Ride to India across Persia and Baluchistán date: None words: 60286 flesch: 73 summary: With the reflection that few white men would have put up with the insults I had; that Tommy Atkins was, after all, only three hundred miles away; and that, in the event of my death, Malak would probably be shot, if not blown from a gun,--I ordered him (through the trembling Kamoo) to instantly leave the tent with all his followers. They were afterwards found and carried to Bagh, where, every attention being afforded them, they ultimately, after many days of sickness, recovered. keywords: baluchistán; beïla; blue; camel; caravan; city; cold; country; couple; dark; day; days; deep; english; european; feet; fine; footnote; gerôme; good; great; green; half; high; horses; hours; house; ispahán; journey; kelát; khan; kind; left; little; looking; man; men; miles; morning; mud; natives; night; persia; place; plain; post; road; russian; sea; shah; shiráz; snow; teherán; time; town; village; walls; water; way; white; wild; women; years cache: 10974.txt plain text: 10974.txt item: #2 of 21 id: 1170 author: Xenophon title: Anabasis date: None words: 95682 flesch: 70 summary: And as other men pride themselves on piety and truth and righteousness, so Menon prided himself on a capacity for fraud, on the fabrication of lies, on the mockery and scorn of friends. Xenophon and Cheirisophus arranged to recover the dead, and in return restored the guide; afterwards they did everything for the dead, according to the means at their disposal, with the customary honours paid to good men. keywords: arms; army; attack; battle; body; camp; cavalry; cheirisophus; city; clearchus; command; country; cyrus; day; days; enemy; friends; generals; good; hand; heavy; hellenes; infantry; king; left; man; march; men; officers; order; parasangs; passage; pay; place; plain; point; present; provisions; rest; return; right; river; road; sea; set; seuthes; soldiers; stages; time; tissaphernes; troops; villages; war; way; words; xenophon cache: 1170.txt plain text: 1170.txt item: #3 of 21 id: 13064 author: Gordon, Thomas Edward, Sir title: Persia Revisited date: None words: 42254 flesch: 60 summary: of the book; but just as I had finished it for publication, the sad news of the assassination of the Shah, Nasr-ed-Din, was received. I then saw that my book, to be complete, should touch on the present situation in Persia, and accordingly I added two chapters which deal with the new Shah and his brothers, and the Sadr Azem and the succession. keywords: --the; caspian; company; country; day; death; din; father; general; good; governor; horses; house; khan; king; late; life; line; man; manner; men; miles; minister; mirza; moullas; nasr; new; oil; people; persia; persians; place; position; power; present; prince; railway; road; royal; russian; shah; son; state; tehran; throne; time; trade; village; water; wine; years cache: 13064.txt plain text: 13064.txt item: #4 of 21 id: 16764 author: Procopius title: History of the Wars, Books I and II The Persian War date: None words: 95139 flesch: 69 summary: 10 Bolum, fortress in Persarmenia, near which were the gold mines of the Persian king, I. xv. 18; betrayed to the Romans by Isaac, I. xv. 2 ff.; sends an army against them, I. xii. 10; sends an army into Roman Armenia, I. xv. keywords: army; barbarians; battle; belisarius; byzantium; cabades; chosroes; city; country; daras; day; emperor; enemy; general; i. i.; i. ii; i. viii; i. xix; i. xvii; i. xxiv; john; justinian; king; land; lazica; men; money; order; persians; place; reason; river; romans; soldiers; things; time; wall; war; way; xii; xiii cache: 16764.txt plain text: 16764.txt item: #5 of 21 id: 16765 author: Procopius title: History of the Wars, Books III and IV The Vandalic War date: None words: 81765 flesch: 73 summary: 14, 15 Esdilasas, a Moorish ruler; joins in an attack upon a Roman force, IV. x. 6 ff.; surrenders himself to the Romans, IV. 27 Medic garments, _i.e._ silk; called seric in Procopius' time, as coming from the Chinese (Seres); worn by the Vandals, IV. vi. 7 Medissinissas, a Moorish ruler; joins in an attack upon a Roman force, IV. x. 6 ff.; slays Rufinus, IV. x. 11 Megara, its distance from Athens the measure of a one day's journey, III. keywords: army; battle; belisarius; carthage; city; emperor; enemy; gelimer; gizeric; gontharis; iii; john; libya; men; moors; place; romans; soldiers; solomon; things; time; vandals; war; xiii; xiv cache: 16765.txt plain text: 16765.txt item: #6 of 21 id: 20298 author: Procopius title: Procopius History of the Wars, Books V. and VI. date: None words: 75837 flesch: 73 summary: 17 Langovilla, home of the Albani, north of Liguria, V. xv. 29 Latin language, V. xi. 2, xv. 4; Latin literature, V. iii. 1; Latin Way, running southward from Rome, V. xiv. 6, VI. 15, 16; Theoderic persuaded to attack him, V. i. 10, VI. vi. 23; his troops defeated by Theoderic, V. i. 14, V. xii. 21; besieged in Ravenna, V. i. 15, 24; his agreement with Theoderic, V. i. 24; killed by Theoderic, V. i. 25 Odysseus, his meeting with Circe, V. xi. 2; with Diomedes stole the Palladium from Troy, V. xv. keywords: army; barbarians; battle; belisarius; city; emperor; enemy; gate; goths; men; place; romans; rome; soldiers; theodatus; theoderic; time; v. i.; v. iii; v. iv; v. ix; v. vi; v. x.; v. xii; v. xv; v. xviii; v. xxiv; v. xxvi; vittigis; wall; war; way; xiii cache: 20298.txt plain text: 20298.txt item: #7 of 21 id: 21331 author: Morier, James Justinian title: The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan date: None words: 191083 flesch: 67 summary: ��Happily met,� answered the mirakhor; �it is long since we have seen each other�; and when they had repeated these and similar sorts of compliments over and over again, they relapsed into silence; their pipes, which they smoked until the place was darkened with the fume, holding them in lieu of conversation. ���Tis a thunderbolt, by all that is sacred! keywords: aga �; ali; allah; ambassador; baba; barber �; bashi �; beard; body; case; chapter; character; chief; city; country; court; day; death; dervish; doctor �; dress; executioner; eyes; face; father; footnote; friend; god �; good; hand; having; head; heart; high; house; i. �; king; leave; left; length; life; look; making; man; manner; mariam �; master; men �; mind; mirza; mollah �; money; morning; mother; mouth; new; order; persia; persians; person; place; present; prince �; return; road; room; round; serdar; servants; set; shah; situation; slave; son �; story; tehran; thought; time; village; vizier; water; way; wife; women; words; world; zeenab; � hajji; � o; � s cache: 21331.txt plain text: 21331.txt item: #8 of 21 id: 21512 author: Daniel, Mooshie G. title: Modern Persia date: None words: 45722 flesch: 78 summary: Many men kiss the shoes of the high Muj-ta-hids. The man most highly honored is the one who has killed many men. keywords: ali; chapter; children; christian; church; city; class; college; day; days; death; father; feet; god; good; heaven; holy; home; king; language; life; lord; man; men; missionaries; mohammed; mohammedans; mosque; night; people; persia; place; prayer; priests; prophet; religion; school; shah; son; spirit; time; women; work; years cache: 21512.txt plain text: 21512.txt item: #9 of 21 id: 22117 author: Landor, Arnold Henry Savage title: Across Coveted Lands; or, a Journey from Flushing (Holland) to Calcutta Overland date: None words: 228173 flesch: 66 summary: The digestion of Sistanis, although naturally good, is interfered with by the abuse of bad food, such as _krut_, or dried curd--most rancid, indigestible stuff. The track between the two latter stations was perfectly level, and on _jumbaz_ camels going at a good pace the journey had occupied eight hours and a half. keywords: abbas; afghan; ali; bank; bazaar; beluch; beluchistan; birjand; black; blue; british; buildings; business; camels; capital; caravanserai; carpets; case; centre; chah; chapter; city; consul; consulate; country; course; cut; day; days; deal; desert; direction; distance; east; end; english; european; excellent; eyes; fact; feet; find; flat; foot; foreign; going; gold; good; government; half; hand; handsome; head; high; hills; horses; hours; house; illustration; india; isfahan; journey; kerman; khan; kuh; left; line; looking; major; man; manner; men; miles; mountains; mud; natives; near; new; night; north; number; nushki; ones; people; persian; place; plain; point; portion; present; quetta; range; red; rest; river; road; rock; room; round; route; ruins; russian; sadek; salt; sand; saw; shah; sher; sides; silver; sistan; soldiers; south; stone; sun; tea; teheran; time; tower; town; track; trade; trees; view; village; wall; water; way; west; white; wind; women; work; year; yezd; zaidan cache: 22117.txt plain text: 22117.txt item: #10 of 21 id: 26473 author: Kevorkian, Hagop K. title: The Arts of Persia & Other Countries of Islam date: None words: 5882 flesch: 66 summary: On the right of the throne: BABUR A.D. 1526-1530 HUMAYUN A.D. 1530-1556 AKBAR A.D. 1556-1605 JAHANGIR A.D. 1605-1627 SHAH JAHAN A.D. [CONTINUED ON PAGE THREE]), the page on which it is continued is marked with a page number, e.g., [PAGE 3].] SPECIAL EXHIBITION THE ARTS OF PERSIA & OTHER COUNTRIES OF ISLAM H. KEVORKIAN COLLECTION keywords: a.d; a.h; century; court; footnote; god; history; illustration; muhammadan; page; persian; royal; shah; time; vol; world cache: 26473.txt plain text: 26473.txt item: #11 of 21 id: 28871 author: Rawlinson, George title: The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Asian World A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Editions date: None words: 1118 flesch: 83 summary: CHAPTER I. GENERAL VIEW OF THE COUNTRY CHAPTER II. CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS CHAPTER III. Nebo (drawn by the Author from a statue in the British Museum) Page 99 Page 113�Table of Chaldaean Kings Assyria THE SECOND MONARCHY CHAPTER I. DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY CHAPTER II. CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS CHAPTER III. keywords: chapter; ditto; page; phoenicia; plate cache: 28871.txt plain text: 28871.txt item: #12 of 21 id: 30085 author: Rhea, Sarah J. title: Life of Henry Martyn, Missionary to India and Persia, 1781 to 1812 date: None words: 13403 flesch: 73 summary: Mr. Martyn received his first impressions of the transcendent excellence of the Christian ministry of Mr. Simeon, from which it was but a short step to choose this calling for his own, for until now he had intended to devote himself to the law chiefly, he confesses, because he could not consent to be poor for Christ's sake. In March, 1802, after another rigid examination, Mr. Martyn was chosen Fellow of St. Johns, a situation honorable to the society and gratifying to himself. keywords: christ; day; god; good; gospel; henry; india; life; man; martyn; men; mind; night; persian; thought; time; words; work cache: 30085.txt plain text: 30085.txt item: #13 of 21 id: 36301 author: Pardoe, Miss (Julia) title: The Thousand and One Days: A Companion to the "Arabian Nights" date: None words: 123005 flesch: 74 summary: I have known men, observed Salek, who, although among the best and noblest I have ever met in the course of my life, have been led unawares, by too great self-confidence, into an action which they might easily have avoided by moderate caution, but which has proved the beginning of a long chain of evils, ending at last in their complete ruin. He received me with a smiling countenance, saying: Approach, young man, and answer me what I shall ask you. keywords: aboulcassem; bird; cadi; caliph; children; city; daughter; day; days; death; door; eyes; father; friend; gold; good; grief; hand; having; head; heaven; house; khalaf; khan; king; left; life; lin; lord; love; man; master; medjeddin; men; moment; night; order; palace; poor; prince; princess; return; slaves; son; story; thee; thou; thought; time; tourandocte; treasure; vizir; way; wife; wish; words; years cache: 36301.txt plain text: 36301.txt item: #14 of 21 id: 38253 author: None title: A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century date: None words: 85403 flesch: 71 summary: And in the said Benamatapa, which is a very large town, the king is used to make his longest residence; and it is thence that the merchants bring to Sofala the gold which they sell to the Moors without weighing it, for coloured stuffs and beads of Cambay, which are much used and valued amongst them; and the people of this city of Benamatapa say that this gold comes from still further off towards the Cape of Good Hope, from another kingdom subject to this king of Benamatapa, who is a great lord, and holds many other kings as his subjects, and many other lands, which extend far inland, both towards the Cape of Good Hope and towards Mozambich. The Moors call him the great King of the Habeshys: he is Christian, and lord of many extensive countries and numerous people, with whom he makes subject many great kings. keywords: account; arms; bramans; calicut; cambay; cape; captain; carats; children; china; christians; city; cloths; coast; colour; copper; cotton; country; day; days; die; east; elephants; fine; fortress; gentiles; gold; good; half; honour; houses; india; indians; inhabitants; interior; island; jewels; kinds; king; kingdom; leagues; lisbon; long; lord; malabar; malaca; manner; men; merchandise; merchants; money; moorish; moors; nairs; narsinga; order; ormuz; ortelius; parts; pay; pearls; people; pepper; persia; persons; place; portugal; portuguese; property; provisions; quantity; que; ramusio; relations; rice; river; round; rubies; sea; sect; set; ships; silk; silver; south; spices; stone; stuffs; things; time; town; trade; trees; waist; war; water; way; white; wives; women; wood; work; worth; year cache: 38253.txt plain text: 38253.txt item: #15 of 21 id: 38827 author: Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) title: Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume 1 (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs date: None words: 122242 flesch: 69 summary: Most European men ride _chapar_, that is, post; but from what I see of the _chapar_ horses, I would not do it for the sake of doubling the distance travelled in the day, and therefore cannot describe either its pleasures or tortures from experience. From four to five hundred Europeans is a large foreign settlement, and it is a motley one, very various in its elements, and in their idiosyncrasies, combinations, rivalries, and projects is to be found an inexhaustible fund of local gossip, writes Mr. Curzon in one of his recent brilliant letters to the _Times_, as well as almost the sole source of non-political interest. keywords: animals; arab; bakhtiari; bazars; bed; black; blue; brown; caravan; caravanserai; carpets; city; cold; cotton; country; dark; day; days; deep; desert; distance; end; english; european; eyes; face; feet; fine; fire; floor; foot; gold; good; green; hadji; half; hands; head; height; hills; horses; hours; house; ilkhani; isfahan; journey; karun; khan; kuh; left; life; looking; making; man; march; men; miles; morning; mountains; mud; mule; night; number; open; outside; pass; people; persian; place; plain; rain; red; river; road; roof; room; round; servants; shah; snow; sun; tea; tent; things; tihran; time; town; trees; valley; view; village; visit; walls; water; way; white; wind; winter; women; work; years cache: 38827.txt plain text: 38827.txt item: #16 of 21 id: 38828 author: Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) title: Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume 2 (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs date: None words: 130649 flesch: 68 summary: At the end of a passage is the house, a high, big, blackened room, with shelving floors of earth and rock, ovens in the floors, great _quaraghs_ holding grain, piles of wood, men sawing logs, huge pots, goat-skins of butter hanging from the rafters, spinning-wheels, a loom, great roughly-cut joints of meat, piles of potatoes, women ceaselessly making blankets of bread, to be used as tablecloths before being eaten, preparations for the ceaseless meals involved by the unbounded hospitality of the house, and numbers of daggered serving-men, old women, and hangers-on. They are rigid abstainers, and _arak_ is not to be procured in the Bakhtiari country. keywords: agha; ali; armenian; aziz; bakhtiari; blue; burujird; camp; caravan; children; christian; church; city; cotton; country; dark; day; days; end; english; face; feet; god; good; government; governor; green; guns; half; hamadan; head; heat; height; hills; horses; hours; house; journey; karun; khan; kuh; kurdish; kurds; ladies; lake; left; letter; life; look; man; march; men; miles; mirza; mission; money; morning; mountains; night; number; open; pass; patriarch; pay; people; persian; place; plain; population; present; range; red; river; road; rock; roof; room; round; route; shah; sheep; sides; snow; stone; stream; syrian; tent; things; time; town; trees; turkish; urmi; valley; village; walls; water; way; white; wild; winter; women; work; years cache: 38828.txt plain text: 38828.txt item: #17 of 21 id: 39463 author: Hume-Griffith, A. title: Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An Account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence Amongst the Women of the East date: None words: 87895 flesch: 72 summary: The fast of Jonah--The bridge of boats--Traditions as to ancient history of Mosul--Elkos, birthplace of Nahum the prophet--Shurgât--Climate of Mosul--Cultivation and industries--Importance of Mosul 173 Chapter II The People of Mosul Population--Moslems--Christians--Chaldeans--Nestorians--Jacobites --Arabs--Kurds--Jews--Yezidees--Recreations--Warfare of the slingers--Hammam Ali--The recreation ground of Mosul men and women 186 Chapter III The River Tigris Ancient historical interest--Garden of Eden--Origin of name unknown--Swiftness--Sources--Navigation--Keleqs--Bathing, fishing, washing--Crossing rivers 198 Chapter IV The Children of Mosul Spoiling process--Despair of the parents--The god of the hareem--Death by burning--Festivities at birth of boy--Cradles and cradle songs--School life--Feast in honour of a boy having read the Koran through--Only a girl--Girl life--Girl victims of Naseeb--Marriage 208 Chapter V The Moslem Women of Mosul Beauty behind the veil--Types of beauty--My dear old friend of 110 years of age--Aids to beauty described--Pretty children--Beauty tainted with sin--Imprisonment of women--Peeps into some hareems--Warm receptions--A visit from the ladies of a select hareem--Love the magic key to open hearts 219 Chapter VI Moslem Family Life No home life--Women equal with the beasts--Evils of divorce--Naseeb--The will of God--Truth and falsehood--Honesty prevalent--A thief caught--Swearing and anti-swearing--Fighting--Hair-tearing and biting--Hammam, the ladies' club 231 Chapter VII Customs of Mosul Wedding ceremonies--Great expense to parents--Method of procedure--Funeral customs--Customs at birth--Some other customs 244 Chapter VIII Dreams and Visions Ezekiel's vision by the river Chebar--Our vision by the river Khabour--Rivers identical--A wheel within a wheel--Babylonish emblem of divinity--Origin of the cherubim--Dream of a woman suffering from cataract--Effect of dream on her character--Watch and chain recovered by means of a faked dream--Illustration of the doctrine of Kismet or Naseeb--Ghosts in our compound--Atmosphere of ghosts bad for fowls 257 Chapter IX Manners and Superstitions in Mosul Characteristics of inhabitants of Mosul--Social habits--Love of drink--An effectual cure--Gambling--Tel Kaif: a story of Uncle Goro--The Angel of Death, and other titles--Difficulties over name and age--Some superstitions--Effect of scent on women--Birds of good omen--Thieves--Sheep-killing--Sheikh Matti--An angel's visit--Medical superstitions--Cure for hydrophobia 269 Chapter X The Yezidees Gratitude to the English--Persecutions--Devil-worshippers--Sun and fire worship--Priesthood--A visit to Sheikh Âdi--Peacock wands--A sacred shrine 284 Chapter XI Travelling in the Desert Monotony of desert travelling--A puppy and a kitten tragedy--Accident by the river Euphrates--Riots in Mosul--Robberies and murder excited by love of gold 294 Chapter XII The Pleasures of Desert Travelling Desert blossoms as a rose--Flowers of the desert--Arabs, their occupation and women--Arab dancing--Robbers of the desert--An army of 10,000--Five hundred armed men--False alarms--Lost in the desert--Delights and disturbances of travelling 307 Chapter XIII Pioneer Medical Mission Work in Mosul (Nineveh) Winning the confidence of the people--Native surgery--Difficulties to be overcome--Backward patients--Encouraging work--Prevalent diseases--Lunatics--Possible future of Mesopotamia 317 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Page The Author and her Husband in Bakhtian Costume Frontispiece Persian Conveyances 26 A Halt for Lunch 26 A Novel Drying Ground 46 Persian Mode of Irrigation 46 A Chimney of Yezd 54 A Korsi Or Heating Contrivance 54 House-building in Persia 72 Persian Shops 72 Scene from the Roof of our House at Kerman 76 A Street in Kerman 76 The Mosque Gate, City of Kerman 86 A Mountain Pass 132 A Caravanserai 132 A Very Ancient Bridge 142 A Typical Street in Baghdad 142 Using the X Rays in Julfa Hospital 148 A Ward in the Julfa Hospital 148 Opium Making 158 The Rich Beggar 158 Types of Persian Jews 166 The Water Square 166 Our Home in Nineveh 174 A Bridge of Boats 176 The Bridge of Boats Over the Frozen Tigris 180 A Picnic Party 188 Mutrar Paulus, Syrian Roman Catholic Bishop 192 Dr. Hume-Griffith's Study in Mosul 210 Our Drawing-room in Julfa 210 A Group of Persian Girls 216 The Camera in Mosul 222 Tired of Play at a Picnic 222 An Itinerant Cook preparing Kabobs 224 Bread-making 240 A Mosul Bride 246 A Wonderful Vision 259 Travelling in Winter 296 PART CHAPTER II THE PEOPLE OF MOSUL Population--Moslems--Christians--Chaldeans--Nestorians--Jacobites --Arabs--Kurds--Jews--Yezidees--Recreations--Warfare of the slingers--Hammam Ali--The recreation ground of Mosul men and women. keywords: boy; chapter; children; city; come; day; days; death; desert; doctor; english; face; fact; girl; god; good; hands; having; head; home; hospital; house; husband; isphahan; kerman; ladies; land; left; life; love; man; means; morning; moslem; mosul; mother; mullah; near; night; patient; people; persia; place; poor; river; room; round; servant; time; town; village; visit; water; way; wife; women; work; years; yezd cache: 39463.txt plain text: 39463.txt item: #18 of 21 id: 45844 author: Shedd, E. Cutler (Ephraim Cutler) title: Our Little Persian Cousin date: None words: 26731 flesch: 89 summary: May you be the father of eight boys and no girls! Said Abdullah, Praise be to God! The next day the white beards (old men who manage village affairs) came to call. keywords: 12mo; abdullah; agha; book; boy; city; cloth; cousin=; dada; day; fox; god; good; governor; house; karim; man; men; mullah; nana; near; red; rustem; sheikh; story; time; village; water; way cache: 45844.txt plain text: 45844.txt item: #19 of 21 id: 52189 author: Malcolm, John title: Sketches of Persia date: None words: 114325 flesch: 66 summary: The astonished Abdûlla stepped back--'Why you horse-dealers,' said he, 'whom I thought were such good men, are as bad as the silk-mercers!' The Prince and great men of Shiraz, on our approaching that city, so loaded the Elchee with presents of ice-creams, sweetmeats, preserves, and delicious fruits, that all in camp, down to the keepers of the dogs, were busied in devouring these luxuries. keywords: abdûlla; account; aga; ahmed; ali; appearance; chapter; character; chief; children; city; condition; country; court; day; days; death; doubt; elchee; english; family; father; fine; friend; general; god; good; ground; hajee; half; having; head; high; hoosein; horse; husband; khan; king; knowledge; left; life; mahomed; majesty; man; manner; master; means; meerzâ; men; mind; minister; mission; moment; party; persia; persians; person; place; poor; power; present; prince; rank; roostem; shiraz; shâh; son; state; story; subject; thought; time; tribe; visit; wife; world; years cache: 52189.txt plain text: 52189.txt item: #20 of 21 id: 63224 author: Donohoe, Martin Henry title: With the Persian Expedition date: None words: 67055 flesch: 63 summary: Despite the stiffening of British troops in the front line, the moral encouragement of British officers, and the active material support of British artillery and British armoured cars, it was found impossible to infuse any real or lasting enthusiasm into the Baku army. We have a chilly reception--Our popularity wanes--Preparation for further retirement--Back to the Kuflan Kuh Pass--Our defensive position--Turks make a frontal attack--Our line overrun--Gallantry of Hants and Worcesters--Pursuit by Turks--Armoured cars save the situation--Prisoners escape from Turks--Persians as fighters CHAPTER XVIII CRUSHING A PLOT Anti-British activities--Headquarters at Hamadan--Plans to seize ringleaders--Midnight arrests--How the Governor was entrapped CHAPTER XIX THE FIRST EXPEDITION TO BAKU Kuchik Khan bars the road--Turk and Russian movements--Kuchik Khan's force broken up--Bicherakoff reaches Baku--British armoured car crews in Russian uniforms--Fighting around Baku--Baku abandoned--Captain Crossing charges six-inch guns {xiii} CHAPTER XX THE NEW DASH TO BAKU Treachery in the town--Jungalis attack Resht--Armoured cars in street-fighting--Baku tires of Bolshevism--British summoned to the rescue--Dunsterville sets out--Position at Baku on arrival--British officers' advice ignored--Turkish attacks--Pressing through the defences--Baku again evacuated CHAPTER XXI THE TURKS AND THE CHRISTIAN TRIBES Guerrilla warfare--Who the Nestorian and other Christian tribes are--Turkish massacres--Russian withdrawal and its effect--British intervention CHAPTER XXII IN KURDISTAN keywords: army; attack; bagdad; baku; basra; bijar; brigade; british; captain; cars; caspian; chapter; city; colonel; country; day; days; democrats; dunsterville; east; end; enemy; famine; fighting; fire; force; general; governor; guns; hamadan; headquarters; khan; land; left; levies; lieutenant; life; line; machine; man; men; mianeh; miles; military; native; new; night; north; officers; order; party; pass; people; persian; place; point; position; river; road; round; russian; sea; set; south; supplies; tabriz; tigris; time; town; transport; troops; turkish; turks; urumia; village; war; way; west; women; work; zinjan cache: 63224.txt plain text: 63224.txt item: #21 of 21 id: 8699 author: Laurie, Thomas title: Woman and Her Saviour in Persia By a Returned Missionary date: None words: 87452 flesch: 78 summary: Under an awful sense of the violation of covenant vows, for many days some of them did nothing but weep and pray. Hoimer and I have a meeting for the women every Sabbath, and on other days. keywords: children; christ; christian; daughter; day; dear; evening; father; fiske; friends; girls; god; good; grace; great; heart; home; jesus; leave; left; life; lord; love; meeting; miss; morning; mother; night; oroomiah; people; place; prayer; pupils; rest; room; sabbath; saviour; school; seminary; stoddard; teacher; time; village; voice; way; women; work; years cache: 8699.txt plain text: 8699.txt