Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia / An Account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence Amongst the Women of the East

by M. E. Hume-Griffith; A. Hume-Griffith

[Pioneer Medical Mission Work in Mosul (Nineveh)]

Winning the confidence of the people—Native surgery—Difficulties to be overcome—Backward patients—Encouraging work—Prevalent diseases—Lunatics—Possible future of Mesopotamia 317

List of Illustrations

• Page
• [The Author and her Husband in Bakhtian Costume] Frontispiece
• [Persian Conveyances] 26
• [A Halt for Lunch] 26
• [A Novel Drying Ground] 46
• [Persian Mode of Irrigation] 46
• [A “Chimney” of Yezd] 54
• [A Korsi Or Heating Contrivance] 54
• [House-building in Persia] 72
• [Persian Shops] 72
• [Scene from the Roof of our House at Kerman] 76
• [A Street in Kerman] 76
• [The Mosque Gate, City of Kerman] 86
• [A Mountain Pass] 132
• [A Caravanserai] 132
• [A Very Ancient Bridge] 142
• [A Typical Street in Baghdad] 142
• [Using the X Rays in Julfa Hospital] 148
• [A Ward in the Julfa Hospital] 148
• [Opium Making] 158
• [The Rich Beggar] 158
• [Types of Persian Jews] 166
• [The Water Square] 166
• [Our Home in Nineveh] 174
• [A Bridge of Boats] 176
• [The Bridge of Boats Over the Frozen Tigris] 180
• [A Picnic Party] 188
• [Mutrar Paulus, Syrian Roman Catholic Bishop] 192
• [Dr. Hume-Griffith’s Study in Mosul] 210
• [Our Drawing-room in Julfa] 210
• [A Group of Persian Girls] 216
• [The Camera in Mosul] 222
• [Tired of Play at a Picnic] 222
• [An Itinerant Cook preparing Kabobs] 224
• [Bread-making] 240
• [A Mosul Bride] 246
• [A Wonderful Vision] 259
• [Travelling in Winter] 296

Part I

“So, after the sore torments of the route,

Toothache and headache, and the ache of mind,

And huddled sleep and smarting wakefulness,