Chapter 3 Wild Woman in the Desert (Mary Bird) “Khanum Maryam! Khanum Maryam! You must come quickly!” Mary Bird looked up from her studying. Ever since she had arrived in Kerman, Persia, in 1891, she had been called away for…
Chapter 3 Wild Woman in the Desert (Mary Bird) “Khanum Maryam! Khanum Maryam! You must come quickly!” Mary Bird looked up from her studying. Ever since she had arrived in Kerman, Persia, in 1891, she had been called away for…
Chapter One A Hard, Dry Land In 1811, a young man named Henry Martyn arrived in Tehran, Persia with a very special gift for the Shah, the Muslim king of the land. It was the New Testament, translated into the…