...provinces of Perfia. "Under the rod of oppreffion, the zeal of the Armenians is fervent and intrepid : they have often preferred the crown of martyrdom to the •white turban of Mahonet; they devoutly hate the error and idolatry of the Greeks ; and their tranfient union with the...

...empire of the Christians Under the rod of oppression, the zeal of the Armenians is fervent and intrepid: they have often preferred the crown of martyrdom to the white turban of Mahomet."—Decline and Fall, xlvii. Note 4, Page 64. Comparative learning and civilization. The brightest...

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...other nation, however, can show an uninterrupted succession of Patriarchs for a thousand years—for such is the time the Patriarch has resided at Aghtaman,...found on the castle rock, it may fairly be supposed it would early have been fixed on. Though now prosperous, and if the Koordish districts south of it...

...in their hands ; for they are the bankers, the moneyed interest of the land ; they are the scnbes, the confidential secretaries of government and governors...found on the castle rock, it may fairly be supposed it would wrly have \ntitti fixed OH, f \vn now proHperoux, and if the Koordifth diatrid* Mouth of it...

...provinces of Persia. Under the rod of oppression, the zeal of the Armenians is fervent and intrepid ; they have often preferred the crown of martyrdom to the white turban of Mahomet ; they devoutly hate the error and idolatry' of the Greeks ; and their transient union with...

...provinces of Persia. Under the rod of oppre»> sion, the zeal of the Armenians is fervent and intrepid ; they have often preferred the crown of martyrdom to the white turban of Mahomet ; they devoutly hate the error and idolatry of the Greeks ; and their transient union with...

...Church than the Armenians, whose ' zeal under the rod of oppression is fervent and intrepid, and who have often preferred the crown of martyrdom to the white turban of Mahomet'; but this remarkable race has never succeeded in attaining a prominent position among nations...

...Armenian Church. " Under the rod of oppression, the zeal of the Armenians is fervent and intrepid; they have often preferred the crown of martyrdom to the white turban of Mahomet; they devoutly hate the error and the idolatry of the Greeks; and their transient union with...

...provinces of Persia. Under the rod of oppression, the zeal of the Armenians is fervid and intrepid ; they have often preferred the crown of martyrdom to the white turban of Mahomet; they devoutly hate the error and idolatry of the Greeks ; and their transient union with the...