Land Of The Lion And The Sun, Absalom Shabaz, PERSIA Armenian ASSYRIAN Armenia PERSIANS Kurds

http://stores.ebay.com/Lost-World-Books LAND OF THE LION AND THE SUN




Personal Experiences, The Nations Of Persia,

Their Manners, Customs, And Belief

- by -

Absalom D. Shabaz

Author of "Mohammed the Last Prohet"




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Contents

Personal History

School and Printing

Modern Persia

Mohammed and Mohammedanism

Fire Worshipers

Yezidis, or Devil Worshipers

The Kurds

The Armenians

The Nestorians-Assyrians

Mohammedans and Christianity Compared. Questions Concerning the Creator and the Faith




Illustrations

Frontispiece

Map of Persia

David Bar Joseph in Mohammedan Priest Costume

Mar Gabriel, Bishop of the Nestorians at Oroomiah City, and his Nephew, who were Massacred by the Kurds

Absalom D. Shabaz in Persian High Class Costume

Agha-Mohammed-Khan, the Founder of the Present Dynasty and Feth-Alle-Shah, one of the Persian Kings

Mohammed and the Koran

Mohammedan Villagers

Mohammedan Lady's Indoor and Outdoor Costume

A Young Persian Govenor

Zoroaster, the Founder of the Fire Worshiper's Religion

A Devil Worshiper's Priest

A Kurdish Highwayman

An Armenian Christian Lady

Traveling In Persia

A Nestorian Christian Lady




From the Preface ...

THE purpose of this book is not merely to set forth the conditions of Persia, though it includes the social characteristics of the people, the religious beliefs of the Eastern churches which to many of you are perhaps but little known, the ecclesiastical customs and the nations of Persia in general. But its object is to encourage the missionary spirit; to quicken and kindle anew the fires of divine love in the hearts of all to whom this book may come; to spread the blessed Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ; to hasten the day when millions that now sit in darkness and the shadow of death may turn their faces toward the light. I hope no Christian will fail to give serious and sympathetic attention to my efforts in spreading the Gospel among my countrymen, the Mohammedans.

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