Table of Contents

I The Remnant of the Assyrians 19

II Assyrian Traditions 23

III The Evangelization of the Assyrians 37

IV Roman and Persian Wars 44

V Nestorius and the Assyrians 49

VI Nestorian Customs and Practices 57

VII Nestorian Missions in the Far East 64

VIII Rise of Islam and the Arabian Conquest 74

IX Relation between christians and Mohammedans 80

X The Advent of the Western Missions in the East 89

XI During the War 107

XII The Assyrians Since 1918 115

XIII The Assyrians Before the League of Nations 121

XIV Final Settlement 130

Postlude 135

Bibliography 137

Index 139