. The cradle of mankind; life in eastern Kurdistan . thematter. ** No, you dont if you please ! I have no special in-terest in that Englishman or any other ; but if he is killedon my land it is me that the Government will come downon. Take another party ; it makes no odds to you, andwill not cause trouble for other gentlemen. As there was after all no personal feehng in the matter,they agreed to that compromise ; and we proceeded we heard the tale later we could only be grateful to * This was the Rev. Benjamin Labaree, of the American PresbyterianMission, Urmi, who was murdered by
. The cradle of mankind; life in eastern Kurdistan . thematter. ** No, you dont if you please ! I have no special in-terest in that Englishman or any other ; but if he is killedon my land it is me that the Government will come downon. Take another party ; it makes no odds to you, andwill not cause trouble for other gentlemen. As there was after all no personal feehng in the matter,they agreed to that compromise ; and we proceeded we heard the tale later we could only be grateful to * This was the Rev. Benjamin Labaree, of the American PresbyterianMission, Urmi, who was murdered by the Seyyid Nur-ed-din, on accountof some personal grudge that he had (or fancied he had) against anothermember of that mission. The Seyyid was Uttle better than a madman;though, of course, not the less of a holy man or of a dangerous scoundrelon that account. It appears (though there is not absolute certainty inthe matter) that Mr. Labaree was offered life if he would renounceChristianity by repeating the kalima, and died as a martyr on
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