Notes From Nineveh
And
Travels In
Mesopotamia,
Assyria, And Syria
PREFACE
CHAPTER I
Departure. Paris. French Oriental works.
Mediterranean monks and Methodists. A nondescript. Sicily. A Maltese
ecclesiastic. Malta. Nix mangiare stairs.
CHAPTER II
Malta and the Maltese. Valetta: St. John's houses.
Auberges. Capucin convent. Carneria. Fatal accident. Fortifications.
Calash. Casal Mosta. Civita Vecchia. St. Paul's Bay. Casal Crendi.
Macluba. Fungus rock.
CHAPTER III
English and foreigners. Dissensions at Malta. The Bishop of
Gibraltar. Character of the Maltese. Language. University. The press of
Valetta. Religion. Anecdote of a preacher. The priesthood. The canon
and the beggar. The knights. Singular species of duel. The hospital.
The taking of St. Eluio.
CHAPTER IV
The East. Fellow-passengers. Cape Matapan. Syra. Greek church.
Priesthood. Smyrna. The streets. Bazaars. Mosque. Holy shoes.
Misadventure. Departure front Smyrna. Constantinople.
CHAPTER V
Departure from Constantinople. Samsoun. Mohammed Aga. St. Basil.
Ancient monasticism of Pontus. Cazal Kiouy. Nocturnal invaders. Ladik.
The Ramadan. Robbers. Oppression of the government. Amasia. Ina Bazaar.
Anecdote of a pasha. Turkel. Tokat. Colonization.
CHAPTER VI
Tocat. Papal Armenians. Greek church. Nuns of St. Basil: Martyn's
grave. Sivas. Scriptural allusion. Legend of the Two Brothers. Mount.
sin scenery. Ulash. Hekim khan. Kabban Maaden. Mezraa. Entry of a
pasha. Province of Diarbekir and its boundaries.
CHAPTER VII
Anti-Taurus. Argana Maaden. Armenian house. Black tents of Bektash
Aga. Arrival of Osman Pasha. Chimbel ham. Diarbekir. A disappointment.
Deacons of the Syrian church. SS. Cosmas and Damianus. Reputed
miraculous oil. Progress of the Roman see in the East. French policy.
Syrian church and pictures.
CHAPTER VIII
Kurdish village and people. Turkish oppression. The skull. Syrian
bishop. The monastery of Zaphran. Library, and manuscripts. Armenian
banker. Nisibin and its traditions. Tomb of St. James. Jezirah.
CHAPTER IX
Kurdistan. Derivation of the word Kurd. Resting-place of the ark.
Mosul. Houses. Climate-. Ana Gholamuk. Chaldean servant. The Yezidee.
Bagh Sheikha. Yezidee host. Syrian priest. An Oriental's account of
England and the English.
CHAPTER X
Monastery of St. Matthew. Mohammedan veneration for Christian tombs.
Toma's story. An alarm. The gazelle. A night view of the plain of
Nineveh. Shereef Bey. Khoorsabad. A discovery.
CHAPTER XI
The plain. Sheikh Adi. The Yezidees.
CHAPTER XII
Early spread of Christianity in Assyria and Persia. The Magians.
Manes and his institutions. Manicheeism of the Yezidees. Rabban
Hormuzd.
CHAPTER XIII
Rabban Hormuzd. Ecclesiastical customs of the Chaldeans. Language.
Extracts from the Liturgy of the Nestorians. Images. Excommunication.
CHAPTER XIV
Elkosh. Tomb of Nahum. A Chaldean's account of the Reformation.
American traveler. Monastery of St. George. The locusts. An Oriental
view of antiquities.
CHAPTER XV
Easter. A death and funeral. Kas Botros and Kas Michael. The
Christian fugitive. The merchant of Baghdad. Religious parties of
Mosul. A reformer. A baptized Mohammedan.
CHAPTER XVI
Nestorian troubles and massacre. Flight of the patriarch. The
Italian juggler. Death of Mohammed Pasha. The impostor. Nebbi Sheeth.
CHAPTER XVII
The Eastern Christians. Their opinions. Clergy. General character.
CHAPTER XVIII
The Osmanli. Influence of Mohammedanism. Turkish civilization. Mate
of the law. Difference of the races inhabiting Turkey. General remarks.
CHAPTER XIX
A Syrian Catholic Church. Journey to Arbela. Alexander and Darius.
Arbela. The Jew. The Christians of Shucklawa. Return to Mosul.
CHAPTER XX
Journey to Nimroud. The sabre. The priest's tale.
CHAPTER XXI
Tell-Nimroud. Monastery of Mar Bob nam. Khoorsabad.
CHAPTER XXII
Remarks on Assyrian History.
CHAPTER XXIII
Remarks on the Ecclesiastical History of the Chaldeans.
CHAPTER XXIV
Remarks on the ecclesiastical history of the Chaldeans.
CHAPTER XXV
Remarks on the ecclesiastical history of the Chaldeans.
CHAPTER XXVI
The magician. The mollah. Kas Botros' tale. Bishop Matti. General
observations.
CHAPTER XXVII
Remarks on the Syrian Jacobites.
CHAPTER XXVIII
Departure from Mosul. Halt of a caravan. Giorgio. Sinjar, and its
ancient associations. Ruins of Dara. The Delli Ali. False alarm. Mode
of escaping from Arabs.
CHAPTER XXIX
Diarbekir. Chaldean ladies. Mar Athanasius. Italian doctor. Remains.
Inscriptions. Holy fish.
CHAPTER XXX
Urfah. Mochdesseh Yeshua. A Bedouin. Syrian observances. Church of
St. Thaddeus. Bir. Passage of the Euphrates. Aleppo. English merchants.
An Austrian consul.
CHAPTER XXXI
Journey from Aleppo. Antioch. Latakia. Conclusion.
FOOTNOTES