Lan Passe A Jerusalem

Author : Ernest W. Gurney Masterman
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364310199
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The Deliverance of Jerusalem (Classic Reprint) written by Ernest W. Gurney Masterman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-10 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Deliverance of Jerusalem It must never be forgotten that the Syrian people are not Turks either ethnologically, linguistically, or in character and temperament. The Turks - as far as the original stock goes - are all of Turanian origin the Syrians are Semites, at least predominantly, with a mixture of Greek and other strains. As regards lan guage, the language of the Turks, though written in Arabic characters, is in every way distinct from Arabic. Few Syrians __outside Government circles in Palestine know Turkish, and. Their native language (arabic), of which they are justly proud, is banned by the Govern ment, who transact all their business - or did before the war - in Turkish or French. Students at the Syrian Protestant College at Beirut wishing to get their govern ment diplomas in medicine or, pharmacy, were not allowed to present themselves for examination in their own language but in Turkish or' French. All legal documents had to be drawn up in Turkish. The Syrian having legal business had to engage an interpreter just as if he were a foreigner. The Turk never indeed ceased to treat the Syrians as a vanquished people, and the land as a conquered one. The Governors sent from Constantinople were almost without exception Turks and knew Only Turkish or French, sometimes indeed only the former. Their period of appointment was precarious and always short. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.