He had married a sister of the Emir, and given him one of his own in return, and another was in the harem of the Shah.

He assured his missionary guest of the Emir's personal friendship, and interested himself for his future safety.
After sundry adventures among precipitous mountains and savage Koords, Dr.Grant was once more the guest of Mar Shimon, who kindly received the New Testament, the Psalms, and other books from the mission press.

The Doctor was himself suffering from the effects of exposure in a wet dormitory the previous night; but the bracing air of that elevated region renewed his strength, and he was glad to resume his journey towards Asheta, which he had proposed as the site of his first mountain station.

On this part of the way he had the company of Mar Shimon, who had then decided not to join the Koords and Persians against the Turks, having discovered that the strife between them was for the supremacy over his own people.

Of the two he preferred the Turks.