[8] Shiel in Journal R.G.S. 1838, vol. viii. p. 73. [↑]
[9] Macdonald Kinneir, Journey through Asia Minor, Armenia, and Kurdistan, London, 1818, pp. 393 seq. [↑]
[10] Brant in J.R.G.S. vol. x. pp. 379 seq. [↑]
[11] Archives of British Consulate at Erzerum. [↑]
[12] In detail the figures are: Mussulmans, 27,673; Gregorian Armenians, 15,317; Armenian Catholics, 130; Armenian Protestants, 647; Syrians, 342. Males and females are given separately in the rough census on which these statistics repose; and, owing to the difficulty of access to the women, the latter are always in an apparent minority. [↑]
[13] Vital Cuinet (La Turquie d’Asie, Paris, 1892) gravely asserts that there exist 283 scholastic establishments in the vilayet of Bitlis, with 309 teachers and 18,858 pupils of either sex! [↑]
[14] Boré, Corr. et Mémoires, Paris, 1840, vol. i. pp. 398, 399. [↑]
[15] Rhétoré, Les Missions Catholiques, Paris and Lyons, 1881, pp. 565–567. [↑]