In the beginning of the Armenian massacres he was exiled with his parents, one sister and one brother to Deir-el-Zor.On the road his parents died. On reaching the town his sister and brother fell down too. An Arab took Garabed to his tent and adopted him as his child. The tribe to whom his master belonged went into the desert near Basra where he had to remain eleven years with them. After that time the tribe left for Mosul. There the opportunity appeard to Garabed to return to his own nation. Once, at night he made his way towards the city and after two day's walking he reached there and fortunately he found some of his countrymen who sent him to us.