My Patriarchal Memoirs
Publisher: Mayreni Publishing; Mayreni Pub.
Published: November 21, 2002
Place of publication: Barrington RI, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781931834056
Description: This is the English-language edition of Zaven Der Yeghiayan's memoirs originally published in Cairo, Egypt in 1947. Der Yeghiayan was the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople from 1913 to 1923. His memoirs cover the Young Turks' (Ittihadists) rise to power, their rule, and their criminal legacy of annihilation of the Armenian population in Ottoman Turkey. What makes this memoir so different from others is that Der Yeghiayan brings the reader behind-the-scenes into the intimate rooms of political intrigue that shaped one of the darkest decades in Armenian history. My Patriarchal Memoirs is the story of a man's fight for the salvation of his people against the overwhelming and conflicting interests of world powers.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Translator's Preface; title: List of Maps and Photos; title: Preface; title: LIFE BEFORE MY ELECTION AS PATRIARCH
label: I.; title: JOURNEY TO CONSTANTINOPLE
label: II.; title: MY FIRST TERM AS PATRIARCH (1914-16)
label: III.; title: Before the Approval of the Reforms Program
label: A.; title: After the Establishment of the Reforms Program
label: B.; title: An Incident
label: C.; title: The Jerusalem Problem
label: D.; title: Declaration of General War and its Consequences
label: E.; title: 1. Reports and News of Atrocities from the Provinces; title: 2. Petitions to Dignitaries and the Porte; title: 3. Appeals to Foreign Embassies and Countries; title: Relief Work
label: F.; title: Information From the Deportees
label: G.; title: Preservation of the Nation's Property
label: H.; title: Liberation of the Orphans, and How Mrs. Murad and Some Other Women Avoided Exile
label: I.; title: The Annulment of the National Constitution and the Abolition of the Constantinople Patriarchate
label: J.; title: MY LIFE AS AN EXILE
label: IV.; title: On the Way to Exile
label: A.; title: In Baghdad
label: B.; title: To Mosul
label: C.; title: In Turkish Mosul
label: D.; title: Under British Occupation
label: E.; title: From Mosul to Constantinople
label: F.; title: MY SECOND TERM AS PATRIARCH (1919-22)
label: V.; title: The National Administrations
label: A.; title: The Trusteeship Orphanages
label: B.; title: The Deportees' Stations
label: C.; title: Collection of Orphans
label: D.; title: The Hamazkayin [All-Armenian] Organization
label: E.; title: The Information Bureau
label: F.; title: Our Relations with the Turkish Government After the Armistice
label: G.; title: Our Relations with the Greek Patriarchate
label: H.; title: The Issue of "Abandoned Properties"
label: I.; title: The Armenian Question
label: J.; title: Armenia's Caucasian Frontiers
label: K.; title: The Evacuation of Cilicia and the Tragedy of Hajen
label: L.; title: The Merging of the Delegations
label: M.; title: The Patriarchate and Armenia
label: N.; title: My Withdrawl from the Patriarchate
label: O.; title: AFTER MY WITHDRAWL FROM THE PATRIARCHATE
label: VI.; title: Epilogue; title: Annotations; title: Index