BRIHEM PASHA 



This rather remarkable photograph, remarkable owing to 

 the history surrounding it, was taken in Urfah by an English 

 traveler. The Pasha at that time was the Governor of that 

 Province, but on being recalled by the Sultan, he and his 

 soldiers turned outlaws and fled to the Desert with their arms 

 and ammunition with the hope at the death of the Sultan to be 

 able to defeat the Anezeh. On hearing that this photograph 

 had been taken of him — the only one ever taken of him—the 

 Pasha sent an officer to kill the possessor of the picture and 

 destroy it. The man was killed and the photograph torn in two 

 and thrown in the street, the officer fleeing to the Desert to 

 avoid arrest. The reproduction here shows where it was torn 

 and mended. Brihem Pasha did ndt live to fulfill his prophe- 

 cies, as he was assassinated a little ovci: a year ago by agents 

 of the Anezeh, 



