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TWO FIGHTING TARTARS OF NIJ |
ARMENIANS OF THE PERSIAN BORDER TYPE |
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| They descend, almost unchanged, from the first of the old invaders of the Caspian Sea oil land. Untamed by riches, they form the fighting element of the little Moslem state over which Turk and Russian have fought | Some of these Eastern Armenians are remarkably different in features from the central highlander class. In spite of Zoroastrian, Moslem, and other persecutors, the Armenian Christians have made many converts, such as the Iranian figures in this group, and many of the Kurds incline to faith in the Cross rather than in the Crescent — perhaps only to anger the Turks |