"سرد لإقامة في كردستان وفي موقع نينوى القديمة؛ مع مذكرات رحلة إلى بغداد عبر نهر دجلة ووصف زيارة إلى شيراز وبرسبوليس." [‎٢‎٥‎٥] (٤٥٠/٢٩٠)

RUINS OF THE ZENDAN.
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height was ten feet six inches, the breadth two feet
ten inches ; the depth inwards, as far as I measured,
forty-one and a half feet, and terminating in a-very
narrow passage, faced by a dead wall. All the rest
have their roofs, or tops, fallen in.
NICHE IN THE ZENDAN.
On the tower side of the ruin we dug into the
building, and found that the loop-holes above men
tioned led to a passage, or channel, which probably
joins the one seen on the opposite side.
The roof of the whole building is formed of many
layers of bricks laid flat-ways, as is clearly to be seen
on that part of it which is visible on the east side,
where all along it is broken and worn away. On
the west side, the roof reaches over to the edge of
the building, which, in that direction, is generally
higher than on the east side where we measured it.
At the fifth niche from the south-west end is a
fragment of ruin adhering to the wall, as if there