An edition of The death of a nation
(1916)
The death of a nation
or, The ever persecuted Nestorians or Assyrian Christians
by Abraham Yohannan
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Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Preface
Bibliography
Introduction
I
A PERSECUTED CHURCH 1
I — Foundation of the Nestorian Church under the Parthians (50-225 A D) 31
II — Edessa the Starting Point 32
III — Mission of Mari 37
IV — The Church under the Sassanian Kings (225-651) 40
V — The Episcopate of Papa 42
VI — The Great Persecution of Shapur II, Zulaktaf (339-379) 44
VII — Reorganization of Persian-Nestorian Church (379-399) 52
VIII — Church during the Reign of Yazdigird I (399-420) 53
IX — Persecution of Yazdigird 55
X — Persecution of Bahram V, Gur 57
XI — The Patriarchate of Dadisho and his Council (421-456) 59
XII — Triumph of Nestorian Church 61
XIII — Patriarch MarAbha, Anushirwan, and Other Pro-Christian Kings 64
XIV — The Nestorian Tablet 69
XV — The Election of Sabhrisho (596-604) 71
XVI — Other Means of Spreading Christianity 75
XVII — Advent of Islam 77
XVIII — Syriac Literature 80
XIX — The Christians under Arab Rule — The Constitution of Omar 85
XX — Caliphs Interested in Religious Questions 88
XXI — Influence of the Assyrian Physicians upon Caliphs 91
XXII — Persecution by the Caliphs 95
XXIII — Christianization of the Kariat Tribe 99
XXIV — The Climax of the Nestorian Church 103
XXV — The Downfall of the Nestorian Church under the Mongol Khans 104
XXVI — The Onslaught of the Tartars and Kurds 109
II
A CHAPTER OF HORRORS
I — Urumla the Storm Center 117
II — The Flight 119
III — The House of Refuge 122
IV — Statement of German Missionaries 126
V — A Heroic Missionary 128
VI — A Girl Heroine 130
VII — The American Flag Feared 131
VIII — Massacre and Rapine Were the Order of the Day 133
IX — The Heartless Assassins 134
X — A Cowardly Slaughter 135
XI — Statement of a Missionary in Urumia, Persia 136
XII — Red Horror 137
XIII — Rape 139
XIV — Abduction 140
XV — Islamization 144
XVI — Extortion 145
XVII — Nestorians in the Kurdistan Mountains 146
Synchronistic Table 152
Index
ILLUSTRATIONS
Benyamin Mar Shimun, the Present Patriarch and the 138th Cathoucos of the Assyrian Christians, was Consecrated April 12, 1903
Frontispiece
The Village of Quchanis — The Patriarchal Seat 8
Courtesy of P N Heazell and Mrs Margoliouth
A Suburb of Urumia 10
Kindness of Mr Paul Shimun
St Mary's Church, Urumia (where one of the Magi is Said to be Buried) 12
Ruel Mar Shimun, Late Patriarch of the Assyrian Christians 14
Mar Timotheos, Metropolitan of Nestorian Church, Trichur, India 16
Courtesy of F N Heazell and Mrs Margoliouth
A Mansion in Urumia 28
The Two Great Columns on the Citadel of Edessa 32
Courtesy of F C Burkitt
Edessa 38
Courtesy of F C Burkitt
Shapur 44
From Markham, History of Portia
The Nestorian Tablet 68
Courtesy of Dr Frits V Holm
Portions of the Nestorian Tablet 70
Scripture Quotation, Syriac and Arabic St. Luke xii, 3-10 Dated 1276 A.D. 80
Tartar Wedding — Pursuit of a Bride (Kokburi) 108
From Vambery, Travels in Central Asia
Timurlang (Tamerlane) 110
From a MS in the Possession of Karl Hiersemann, Leipzig
Abraham Mar Shimun, 136th Patriarch of the Assyrian Christians 112
Refugees from the Kurdistan Mountains in the Russian Consulate, Urumia, Persia 118
A Caravan of the Christian Families Fleeing from the Turkish Massacre 120
Syrian Women of the Kurdistan Mountains in Flight 122
A Wedding Procession in Urumia 124
Refugee Girls from the Kurdistan Mountains 126
Kindness of Mr Patti Shimon
Kurdish Infantry and a Turkish Officer 128
The Jehad (Holy War) Declared in Constantinople 138
Kurdish Tribesmen, Urumia 142
Courtesy of Mr Paul Shimun
A Glimpse of Urumia 146
Highway through which the Patriarch Led the Refugees 148
Kindness of Mr Paul Shimun
Rev K Odisho and his Children, Members of the Persecuted Christian Church in Urumia, Persia 150
Map of the Territory of the Assyrian Christians At the End
Edition Notes
"List of works referred to or quoted from": p. xvii-xx.
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