From Turkish toils : the narrative of an Armenian family's escape

by Esther Mugerditchian

Overview

This book, is a narrative as told by Mrs. Esther Mugerditchian of her family's escape from Armenia, and the atrocities she and her children witnessed during their escape. She originally wrote this to her husband, Mr. Tovmas K.Mugerditchian, an Armenian pastor who became attached to the British Oriental Consular Service in 1896, and in 1904 was appointed British Vice-Consul in Diarbekir. Mrs. Mugerditchian and her family, dressed in Kurdish costume, succeeded in making their escape into the country held by the Russians. From Tiflis she was able to send the whole story to her husband, who was at that time serving the British authorities in Egypt, and eventually able to get her story published.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940157518615
Publisher:	New York : George H. Doran Company
Publication date:	06/19/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	88
File size:	886 KB

About the Author

Esther Mugerditchian, the wife of Mr. Tovmas K. Mugerditchian, once British Vice-Consul in Diarbekir, managed to escape with her children from the clutches of Turkish frightfulness during the deportation period when the genocide occurred.