The Missionary Herald Reports of the Missions to the Assyrians Volume III: 1855-1871

The American Protestant mission to the Assyrians originated in the work of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) which was a joint body of several Protestant denominations. The Mission to the Nestorians (renamed Mission to Persia in 1869) was established among the Assyrians of Urmia in 1835. A related mission called the Assyria Mission was established in Mosul in 1849 and lasted until 1860. In 1870 the mission was transferred under the jurisdiction of the American Presbyterian Church. These volumes contain the Missionary Herald reports from 1833 to 1871. The reports provide valuable details of the religious, social and political history of the Assyrians.