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An Armenian Princess - A Tale Of Anatolian Peasant Life (1914) (Paperback)
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CHAPTER III THE PARTING IT is only in the larger of the Turkish
cities, where you hardly know your next-door neighbor, and where
people of the same religious faith collect in quarters, that the
Moslem and the Christian cannot live in peace together. In the
country village, where everybody knows the secret thoughts of his
neighbor, the feeling is no less kindly than between the members of
the different churches of a Christian country town. The Moslem
peasant counts his beads; the Christian, like the Moslem,
prostrates himself in prayer. Allah and Elohim were originally the
same name of the same God, revealed to the one through the prophet
Mohammed, to the other through Christ. The Christian children play
with the little Moslems in the courtyard of the mosque, and the
little Moslems join their Christian comrades in their games
aboutthe holy well, and drink the holy water. The Moslem buys his
goods of the Christian merchant, and the merchant trusts him when
he cannot pay. Moslem and Christian work together in the field, and
when their labor is over, sit side by side in the inn to listen to
the storyteller. The one never asks the other whether he be Moslem
or Christian; and the friendship existing between them is often
quite as enduring as if they worshiped together. All this was true
of the people of Ak Hissar, and their unity of purpose and unity of
labor brought flourishing days to the little village. Herant had
his full share in the general prosperity; for his mulberry trees
throve, his business increased, and he became known throughout the
country, even as far as Constantinople, as a successful raiser and
buyer of cocoons. It was he who produced the silk for the beautiful
rugs and hangings for the Sultan's palace at Yildiz, and for the
presents which His Majesty was plea...
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Imprint: |
Kessinger Publishing Co
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2009 |
First published: |
September 2009 |
Authors: |
Edgar James Banks
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-120-14797-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
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LSN: |
1-120-14797-2 |
Barcode: |
9781120147974 |
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