Note 97 — VIII. VILAYET OF TREBIZOND, AND SANDJAK OF SHABIN KARA-HISSAR.
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“Of the 200 Armenian families at Ordou, 160 have embraced Islam, under pressure of threats and violence. Of the 400 Armenian families at Kerasond, 200 have embraced Islam to escape persecution; the rest have been deported.”—New York Journal “Gotchnag,” 28th August, 1915.