PART I

BRUSA TO DIARBEKR

PROLOGUE 13

I. DISENTANGLEMENT 23

II. BRIGANDAGE 34

III. SOCIAL INTERCOURSE 46

IV. THE DAWN OF THE BAGHDAD RAILWAY 55

V. IN THE TAURUS 88

VI. ROYAL PROGRESS 112

VII. HARRAN: A DIGRESSION INTO THE LAND OF ABRAHAM 132

VIII. THAT UNBLESSED LAND, MESOPOTAMIA 146