02566cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000260011324500270013926400510016630000470021733600260026433700260029033800360031649000360035250000310038850800880041952014420050753400870194965300220203665300250205865300350208383000360211885600430215499900190219776382UtSlPG20260610134752.0mcr n260607r20251892utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7ade2iso639-1 4aPT1 aMay, Karl,d1842-191210aDurchs wilde Kurdistan 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aGesammelte Reiseromane, Band II  aRelease date is 2025-06-25  aMarkus Brenner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net  a"Durchs wilde Kurdistan" by Karl May is an adventure novel written in the late 19th century. Set among Kurdish tribes and the Yazidi community, it follows a European narrator known as the Emir and his loyal companion Hadschi Halef Omar as they navigate religious rites, tribal politics, and looming conflict with Ottoman forces. The story blends travel, intrigue, and tactically clever confrontations in a rugged, mountainous setting.  The opening of the novel places the protagonists in the sacred valley of Sheikh Adi during a great Yazidi festival, vividly describing torchlit rites, music, and a symbolic rooster ceremony while tensions rise over an impending Ottoman assault. The Emir scouts mysterious lights, discovers an Ottoman mountain-artillery detachment, and—using deception and swift riders—captures the gunners and their four pieces without bloodshed, then has Yazidi cannoneers don Turkish uniforms to bait the enemy. As Ottoman troops under Miralai Omar Amed enter the valley, they are hit by their own reclaimed guns; the Emir briefly confronts the furious commander, brandishing imperial travel permits to avoid arrest, and narrowly dodges a shot. Parallel threads include Ali Bey’s disciplined preparations, the hidden evacuation to Idiz, Pir Kamek’s ominous talk of sacrifice, and the comic bravado of Buluk Emini Ifra, ending with the battle about to intensify. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cFreiburg i. B.: Verlag von Friedrich Ernst Fehsenfeld, 1892  aAdventure stories  aKurdistan -- Fiction  aGerman fiction -- 19th century 0aGesammelte Reiseromane, Band II40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76382  c117107d117107