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Aurora Mardiganian. Ravished Armenia
Ravished Armenia
Table of Contents
FOREWORD
ARSHALUS—THE LIGHT OF THE MORNING. A Prologue to the Story
THE STORY OF AURORA MARDIGANIAN
CHAPTER I. WHEN THE PASHA CAME TO MY HOUSE
CHAPTER II. THE DAYS OF TERROR BEGIN
CHAPTER III. VAHBY BEY TAKES HIS CHOICE
CHAPTER IV. THE CRUEL SMILE OF KEMAL EFFENDI
CHAPTER V. THE WAYS OF THE ZAPTIEHS
CHAPTER VI. RECRUITING FOR THE HAREMS OF CONSTANTINOPLE
CHAPTER VII. MALATIA—THE CITY OF DEATH
CHAPTER VIII. IN THE HAREM OF HADJI GHAFOUR
CHAPTER IX. THE RAID ON THE MONASTERY
CHAPTER X. THE GAME OF THE SWORDS, AND DIYARBEKIR
CHAPTER XI “ISHIM YOK; KEIFIM TCHOK!”
CHAPTER XII. REUNION—AND THEN, THE SHEIKH ZILAN
CHAPTER XIII. OLD VARTABED AND THE SHEPHERD’S CALL
CHAPTER XIV. THE MESSAGE OF GENERAL ANDRANIK
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Aurora Mardiganian
The Story of Aurora Mardiganian, the Christian Girl Who Lived Through the Great Massacres
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The banker, Mardiganian, was a true type of the successful, modern Armenian business man. He did not often smile, but his voice was kind, and his eyes were gentle. In the Easter morning promenades in any avenue in Europe or America he would have been a conventional figure, passed without notice. When he turned from the window, after a moment, only a close observer could have detected in his face or manner that inexplainable, intangible something which, indelibly, marks a race cradled in oppression.
“What happened twenty years ago, my Vartabed, can never happen again. We Armenians have done nothing to rouse the anger of our overlords, the Turks. On the contrary, we have proven our willingness to serve the state. Our young men have been called into this great war which is ravaging the world. Even though their sympathies are with the Sultan’s enemies, they have not shown it. They have freely given their lives in battle for a cause they hate, that the Turk may have no excuse to vent his wrath upon our people. Less than a week ago the Sultan’s minister, the powerful Enver, expressed his gratitude to us for the services we are rendering the Crescent. They dare not molest us again.”
