PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
4. FIGURES ix
5. PREFACE xi
6. ABOUT THE DIARY AND ITS AUTHOR xv
7. BACKGROUND OF THE REGION xxiii
8. Spilt Blood, or the Tragedy of the Lambs of Christ/ Diary of a Seminarian
9. 1 FROM THE AUTHOR 1
10. 2 THE EMERGENCE AND SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY 8
11. 3 DIFFICULT TIMES: PERSECUTION SUFFERED BY CHRISTIANITY IN VARIOUS PERIODS OF HISTORY 18
12. 4 PERSECUTION IN THE MOST RECENT TIMES – THE END OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 39
13. 5 THE YEAR 1914 – THE BEGINNING OF WORLD WAR I 51
14. 6 MY DIARY 63
15. 7 EYEWITNESS REPORTS – THE STORY OF A ROAD WORKER NAMED ABED MSHIHO, WHO SAW THE MOST 77
16. 8 {THE CHRISTIANS OF THE CITY OF AMIDA AND ITS SUBORDINATE VILLAGES – EXECUTIONS AND THE EXODUS OF 1915} 98
17. 9 EXTERMINATION OF CHRISTIANS IN THE VILLAGES OF THE DISTRICT OF MARDIN IN 1914 118
18. 10 THE SINJAR MOUNTAINS SUFFER ON BEHALF OF CHRISTIANS 135
19. 11 THE FATE OF CHRISTIAN INHABITANTS OF OTHER LOCALITIES 146
20. 12 POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ATTITUDES OF SOME PARTICIPANTS IN THE EXTERMINATIONS 168
21. BIBLIOGRAPHY 177
22. ANNEX 1 187
23. ANNEX 2 192
24. ANNEX 3 209
25. INDEX 212