The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine, And the Holy Land: From My Private Journal
The Inner Life of Syria, Palestine, And the Holy Land: From My Private Journal
Isabel Burton
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Verily, the Beyroutines are a feeble folk. They allowed themselves to be shamefully defeated by the Wali when he was grossly in the wrong. I saw at the mission in Damascus, and obtained leave to copy, the following testimonial addressed to Captain Burton, and that officer's reply. "To H.B.M's. Consul at Damascus. " Sir, — We beg to tender to you our heartiest thanks for your prompt decisive action in the case of Hassan, the converted Moslem, and also to congratulate you on the result of your de...termination and firmness. "For some time past we had heard that a Moslem converted to Pro- testantism at Beyrout had become subject to considerable persecution. A convert more obscure than himself has been put out of the way and O Digitized by Google 194 The Inner Life of Syria. has not since been heard of ; and Hassan had been subjected to a seiies of arrests and imprisonments, and had several times narrowly escaped assassination. The chief Consulates, however, had become publicly interested in him, so that his safety from legal execution seemed ensured ; and as he was always accompanied by some one to protect him from as- sassins he seemed for the time to be safe.
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