'Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan, and on the Site of Ancient Nineveh; with Journal of a Voyage down the Tigris to Bagdad and an Account of a Visit to Shirauz and Persepolis.' [‎123] (156/450)

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CH. XVII.] THE ZAKIIO MOUNTAINS. 123
nominated by the Porte then wore the kaouk or
Turkish turban, and commanded all the Arabs of
these parts. Since the disaster of the Sheikh who was
put to death, none other of the family of Hatem have
ever been sent to Constantinople, and both its branches
have been gradually removed from the government of
the tribe. The present family* is very low: the Arabs
commonly call them " Sons of Jews," to express
their contempt for their ignoble origin.
The only mountain you cross over, or rather go
through, on your Avay from this place to Zakho, is the
Zakho Dagh, which begins in Feishabour, passes
this side of Zakho, and thence to this side of
Amadia. I have not been able to trace it larther
down. In going to Amadia you pass over this
mountain, and afterwards in half an hour arrive at
Amadia. After Amadia there is another smaller
range, and then an extensive plain just like Naokor,
extending to the frontier of Hakkaria. The difficult
and rugged mountainous parts are all towards the
north and north-west of Amadia in the direction of
Blount Judi j". Eight hours above Zakho on the
* The present Sheikh, whom I know personally, is called
Hassan Abdullah.
t The Mahometans universally maintain that it was on Mount
Judi the ark first rested, and that it is Ararat, and not the mouiir
tain to which that name is given in Armenia. Don Calmet, Storia
del Nuovo Testamento, p. 275, says, "Monohazes, King ot
Adiahene, gave his younger son Ozates the government ot Karon
or Kairoun, a country where they showed the remains ot the ark.'
Calmet supposes from this that the country must have been near