---
title: 'The War Journal of a Missionary in Persia'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Mary A. Schauffler Labaree Platt'
- 'William Ambrose Shedd'
date: 1915-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Foreign Missions'
- 'History (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 16'
- 'Matthew 25'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/platt-shedd-1915-the-war-journal-of-a-missionary-in-persia
---

# The War Journal of a Missionary in Persia

1915 Urumia mission journal recounts Russian withdrawal, Kurdish/Turkish attacks, mass refugee suffering and deaths, and missionaries’ relief work—feeding, sheltering, burying victims.

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