He was exiled with his parents and one cousin. On reaching Aleppo his cousin was lost. The remainder were sent forwards to Ras-el-Ain. There the Tchetchens took them away into a garden promising them to save their lives. They passed the night there but the following day, early in the morning, Arisdages saw that his mother was killed and father was lost. Afterwards he was sent to Seffah near Hassitshe to an Arab named Hassan-el-Tahhan, with whom he lived eleven years working as a shepherd. During this time his master treated him very ill and one day after the last punishment he fled to Hassitshe whence by our agent he was sent to us.

Left our care: October 19, 1927. Relatives. Uncle Alexandrette.