From Turkish Toils: The narrative of an Armenian family's escape

A true story as told by Mrs. Esther Mugerditchian of her family's escape from Western Armenia (Ottoman Empire), and of 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 ...