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RABBI MOOSHIE G. DANIEL,

MCCORMICK SEMINARY

Late Professor of Ancient Syriac in Oroomiah College, Persia

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Copyrighted 1897, by MOOSHIE G. DANIEL.

TO THE

REV. DR. CAVEN OF KNOX COLLEGE, TORONTO,

WHOSE FINE MISSIONARY SPIRIT AND GREAT KINDNESS ARE MUCH APPRECIATED, THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY

DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR.

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erica, has come in contact with different classes of people who have raised serious questions concerning modern Persia.

Those who are interested in politics and government, have asked: Is modern Persia a province of Turkey? Is it as large as the State of Michigan? Is the king still absolute, as in ancient times? Have the laws of the Medes and Persians undergone no change? Are there any remains of Persia's ancient beauty and grandeur?

These, and questions like these, have been from time to time presented to the author. On the other hand it is to be observed that many journalists traveling through Persia have greatly misrepresented that country. Their limited stay made it impossible for them to acquire any accurate knowledge of the country.

It is no easy task to familiarize oneself with the ideas and customs of that ancient and historic country. To thousands in Persia the literature and history of their own land is a sealed book.

Questions the most serious and earnest have been raised by godly ministers and devoted peo

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