Superstitious kurds
" DKVIL-W OiiiSli I ITERS " OFI'TCIALIA' nKCOf.iNfSED. Times .'uid Sydney Hun Scryioes, Keeeived 17, 5.5 p.m. Constantinople, May lfi. A Kurdish rising under Veli Betliz has been suppressed. T!io peasants ; were convinced that I lie sheiks leading the outbreak could turn tile bullets of ; Hie enemy into dust before the bullets struck tlieni. The Turkish <"!<>vernliient has agreed to reeogni.se. ''devil-worshippers/' who use gilt i mnges iind peacocks to typify (heir deity, and regard the devil as a repentant and fallen angel who was permitted to create the present universe.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 296, 18 May 1914, Page 5
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91Superstitious kurds Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 296, 18 May 1914, Page 5
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