Armenia and Her People; or, The Story of Armenia by an Armenian
ARMENIA AND HER PEOPLE
The Story of Armenia
BY AN ARMENIAN A description of the land of Armenia: its ancient and modern history; its physical features; its people, their religious beliefs, customs, etc., from the oldest dates, as recorded in Armenian Histories and Church Records. A presentation of the true causes of the recent atrocities and a detailed account of the massacres ❧ ❧ ❧ By Rev. George H. Filian A native pastor, banished by the Turkish Government from the City of Marsovan, Armenia ❧ ❧ ❧
HARTFORD, CONN. AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY 1896
Copyright 1896 By American Publishing Company Hartford, Conn.
( All rights reserved )
RIGHT REV. BISHOP M. KHIRIMIAN.
The Armenian Catholicos.
George H. Filian
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Dedication
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PREFACE.
ANTIOCH.
AUTHOR’S EXPLANATION.
PHYSICAL FEATURES.
NATURAL RESOURCES.
TAXATION.
THE CLIMATE.
TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION.
THEIR LINEAGE.
THEIR LANGUAGE.
1. THE HAIGAZIAN DYNASTY.
ARSHAGOONIAN OR ARSACID DYNASTY.
THE INTERREGNUM.
PROMINENT MEN OF THE PERIOD.
ARMENIAN LITERATURE.
THE ARMENIAN CHURCH.
THE ARMENIAN CLERGY.
THE PAKRADOONIAN DYNASTY.
THE RUPENIAN DYNASTY.
SULTANS OF THE PAST.
THE PRESENT SULTAN, HAMID II.
THE SULTANATE AND ITS POWERS.
THE SUBLIME PORTE AND THE MOHAMMEDAN RELIGION.
THE SHEIK-UL-ISLAM.
MOHAMMEDANISM AND THE INTERNAL STATE OF TURKEY.
THE ANGLO-TURKISH CONVENTION.
ENGLAND AND THE ARMENIAN QUESTION.
GERMANY AND THE ARMENIAN QUESTION.
RUSSIA AND THE ARMENIANS.
FRANCE AND ARMENIA.
THE POPE OF ROME AND THE ARMENIANS.
AMERICA AND ARMENIA.
THE GREAT QUESTION.
FIRST CAUSE.
SECOND CAUSE.
THIRD CAUSE.
FOURTH CAUSE.
FIFTH CAUSE.
THE BEGINNING.
HARPOOT AND ITS VICINITY.
PALOO AND WHAT HAPPENED THERE.
MALATIA AND ITS HARDSHIPS.
THE CITY OF SIVAS AND THE ATROCITIES.
MARSOVAN AND THE ATROCITIES THERE.
CESAREA (KAISERIEH).
AINTAB AND ITS HORRORS.
THE CITY OF BIRIJIK AND THE ATROCITIES.
DIARBEKIR AND ITS STORY.
TREBIZOND AND ITS ATROCITIES.
BAIBURT.
ERZEROUM.
MARASH.
AKHISAR.
ZEITOON.
MISCELLANEOUS
TELEGRAMS FROM HAJIN (ARMENIA).
INFERENCES FROM THE ARMENIAN ATROCITIES.
IN THE TURKISH EMPIRE.
IN RUSSIA.
IN PERSIA, INDIA, ETC.
IN EUROPE.
IN AMERICA.
THE ARMENIAN RELIEF ASSOCIATION.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN EUROPE.
THE BATTLE OF ARMAGEDDON.
LORD SALISBURY.
DEUS VULT.
TWO SONNETS.
TO THOSE WHO DIED FOR THEIR FAITH.
ARMENIA.
ARMENIA’S BITTER CRY.
ARMENIA.
ARMENIAN HYMN.
THE LAMENT OF MOTHER ARMENIA.
LIBERTY.
THE WANDERING ARMENIAN TO THE SWALLOW.
NOTICE.
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