# To Mesopotamia and Kurdistan in disguise

Author: Soane, Ely Banister, 1881-1923

Genre: Category: Travel Writing

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70715

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=To+Mesopotamia+and+Kurdistan+in+disguise+Soane&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

When I descended from the train one dismal morning in Constantinople, in a bleak terminus just like a hundred others of its kind all over the Continent, it was with the intention of staying in the Ottoman capital for some time. A long residence in the Middle East had rendered me susceptible to the magnetism it certainly exerts, and at the same time had given me a very thorough appreciation of the comforts and conveniences of the Occident. As I was quite ignorant of the western parts of the Turkish Empire, and entertained the same ideas regarding them as I suppose do most people at home, it seemed that Constantinople must furnish a delectable resting-place, a point from which to look out u...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/to-mesopotamia-and-kurdistan-in-disguise-70715/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/to-mesopotamia-and-kurdistan-in-disguise-70715/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/to-mesopotamia-and-kurdistan-in-disguise-70715/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/to-mesopotamia-and-kurdistan-in-disguise-70715/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/to-mesopotamia-and-kurdistan-in-disguise-70715/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/to-mesopotamia-and-kurdistan-in-disguise-70715/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/to-mesopotamia-and-kurdistan-in-disguise-70715/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/to-mesopotamia-and-kurdistan-in-disguise-70715/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/to-mesopotamia-and-kurdistan-in-disguise-70715/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/to-mesopotamia-and-kurdistan-in-disguise-70715/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/to-mesopotamia-and-kurdistan-in-disguise-70715/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/to-mesopotamia-and-kurdistan-in-disguise-70715/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/to-mesopotamia-and-kurdistan-in-disguise-70715/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/to-mesopotamia-and-kurdistan-in-disguise-70715/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/to-mesopotamia-and-kurdistan-in-disguise-70715/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/to-mesopotamia-and-kurdistan-in-disguise-70715/chapters/1/index.md)