Six Months in a Syrian Monastery 1593331525, 9781593331528
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Table of contents :
PREFATORY NOTE
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I. THROUGH THE SYRIAN GATES
CHAPTER II . FROM ALEPPO TO THE EUPHRATES.
CHAPTER III. BIREJIK TO DIARBEKR
CHAPTER IV. Diarbekr
CHAPTER V. Mardin—The Patriarch's Diwan
CHAPTER VI. MARDIN AND ITS SYRIAN INHABITANTS.—I
CHAPTER VII. MARDIN, AND ITS SYRIAN INHABITANTS, II
CHAPTER VIII . MABDIN, AND ITS MOSLEM INHABITANTS.
CHAPTER IX. DEIR-EL-ZA'AFERAN
CHAPTER X. LIFE IN THE MONASTERY
CHAPTER XI. TWO SYRIAN VILLAGES
CHAPTER XII. DARA .
CHAPTER XIII. Jebel Tur —the Mountain Home of the Syrians
CHAPTER XIV. BISHERI AND NORTHERN JEBEL TUR.
CHAPTER XV. MIDHIAT, AND THE MONASTERY of DEIE-EL-OMAR
CHAPTER XVI. ACROSS THE; PLAIN FROM MARDIN TO MOSUL.
CHAPTER XVII. THE TWO CITIES ON THE TIGRIS
CHAPTER XVIII. THE YAZIDIS.
CHAPTER XIX. THE MONASTERY OF MAE MATTHA, AND THE SYRIANS OF MOSUL.
THE OLD SYRIAN CHURCH
CHAPTER I. THE CHURCH OF ANTIOCH.
CHAPTER II. MODERN HISTORY OF THE OLD SYRIANS.
CHAPTER III. THE CLERGY AND CHURCHES OF THE OLD SYRIANS
CHAPTER IV. THE CUSTOMS AND CONDITION OP THE OLD SYRIANS
APPENDIX
THE YAZIDIS OF MOSUL
TRANSLATION OF ARABIC MS . HISTORY OF THE YEZIDIS
ITINERARY
GLOSSARY
INDEX
PREFATORY NOTE
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I. THROUGH THE SYRIAN GATES
CHAPTER II . FROM ALEPPO TO THE EUPHRATES.
CHAPTER III. BIREJIK TO DIARBEKR
CHAPTER IV. Diarbekr
CHAPTER V. Mardin—The Patriarch's Diwan
CHAPTER VI. MARDIN AND ITS SYRIAN INHABITANTS.—I
CHAPTER VII. MARDIN, AND ITS SYRIAN INHABITANTS, II
CHAPTER VIII . MABDIN, AND ITS MOSLEM INHABITANTS.
CHAPTER IX. DEIR-EL-ZA'AFERAN
CHAPTER X. LIFE IN THE MONASTERY
CHAPTER XI. TWO SYRIAN VILLAGES
CHAPTER XII. DARA .
CHAPTER XIII. Jebel Tur —the Mountain Home of the Syrians
CHAPTER XIV. BISHERI AND NORTHERN JEBEL TUR.
CHAPTER XV. MIDHIAT, AND THE MONASTERY of DEIE-EL-OMAR
CHAPTER XVI. ACROSS THE; PLAIN FROM MARDIN TO MOSUL.
CHAPTER XVII. THE TWO CITIES ON THE TIGRIS
CHAPTER XVIII. THE YAZIDIS.
CHAPTER XIX. THE MONASTERY OF MAE MATTHA, AND THE SYRIANS OF MOSUL.
THE OLD SYRIAN CHURCH
CHAPTER I. THE CHURCH OF ANTIOCH.
CHAPTER II. MODERN HISTORY OF THE OLD SYRIANS.
CHAPTER III. THE CLERGY AND CHURCHES OF THE OLD SYRIANS
CHAPTER IV. THE CUSTOMS AND CONDITION OP THE OLD SYRIANS
APPENDIX
THE YAZIDIS OF MOSUL
TRANSLATION OF ARABIC MS . HISTORY OF THE YEZIDIS
ITINERARY
GLOSSARY
INDEX
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