The disease was of a very fatal type, and its deadly ravages called forth a display of devotion and self-sacrifice which deserved and obtained the highest commendation from all Persians and Europeans.
While on this subject, the splendid example set by the Governor of the town, the Vazir Isa Khan, should be noticed.

He was very wealthy, and did much to relieve the sufferings and wants of the poor who were attacked by the disease.

He remained in the city while the epidemic raged, and would not seek safety in flight to the adjoining mountains, as many had done.

But, sad to say, he fell a victim at the last, and his wife, who had remained with him throughout, died of the disease two days before him.
It will be remembered that in 1891 an agitation was raised regarding the reported abduction of an Armenian girl, named Katie Greenfield, by a Kurd in Persian Kurdistan.

An attempt which was made to take the girl back to her family caused the couple to cross the frontier into Turkish Kurdistan, and great excitement among the Kurds on both sides of the border was created.