'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.' [‎85] (114/450)

CH. XV.]
YEZID COSTUME.
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Seidkhan, where we halted for a little while. The
country was quite open and gently declining down
from the foot of the ridge to the Naoran in the plain.
At halt past twelve we crossed the Khausser, and
passed Kelata, an Arab village, near which was a
mount on the west bank of the river; and at
twenty-five minutes past one we arrived at our
quarters for the night, at the considerable Dassini
village of Sirej Khan. The famous Yezid capital
Baadli, the residence of Mir Sheikh Khan, is N. 40
E., three hours off, just under the first line of moun
tains.
We remarked here, as in all the villages about
Mousul, that the straw or forage is kept in little
heaps, generally circular, with a mud and straw
roofing over it. They look like graves at a dis
tance.
All the women in the villages through which we
have passed wear the Tcharokia, but in the Turko
man, not the Koordish way ; that is, knotted over
one shoulder and falling down before and behind,
leaving one side open. It had not a bad effect. It
is made of a checked woollen stuff, commonly of
light blue and red, or dark brown and red colours,
sometimes resembling tartan.
Ihe Yezid women's head dress* is something
like that of the Bebbeh Koordish ladies, but swells
* Sec accompanying plate.