Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-316) and index
The homeland and origin of the independent Assyrian tribes of Tikyari and Hakkari -- Church, state, and social life -- The history of the church of the east down to the arrival of the Roman Catholic missionaries -- The Roman Catholic missionaries and their impact on the Assyrians -- The Kurdish settlement in ancient Assyria -- The Ottoman reforms -- The reforms and the people of the book -- The beginnings of centralisation -- Beirakdar and the achievement of centralisation -- Subjection of the Assyrian tribes in 1843 -- Great Britain, the Ottomans and Assyrian tragedy -- Tekhoma: the last Assyrian independent province -- The end of the Kurdish wars-- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index