CONTENTS Foreword by Richard Schofield New Introduction by Sue Littledale List of Illustrations From the Gulf to Ararat: An Expedition through Mesoptamia and Kurdistan by G. E. Hubbard Preface Note 1 The frontier 2 Marseilles to Mohammerah 3 Preliminaries to the start 4 Through the land of Elam (1) 5 Through the land of Elam (2) 6 The Wali of Pusht-i-Kuh 7 Towards Baghdad 8 Dar-el-Khalifeh 9 Mesopotamia in retrospect 10 Entering Kurdistan 11 Along the Avromans 12 The heart of Kurdistan 13 Kurdish history, customs and characters 14 From the Zab to Ushnu 15 The last stage Afterword by Sue Littledale Index.