'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.' [‎110] (141/450)

110 pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. 's garden at mousul. [ch. xvii.
of it. A caravan of Jirba Arabs has just arrived
with salt from the vicinity of A1 Hadhr *. In former
times the Mousul people used once a year to send
a caravan for salt, with a strong escort; but this lias
been discontinued for a long time, on account of the
increased danger ; and the Bedouins themselves now
bring the salt to Mousul, though formerly a Bedouin
was quite an unusual sight here; and when Biniyya,
the nephew of the Jirba Sheikh Faris, first came to
Mousul about twenty years ago, he was so stared
followed, and persecuted by the boys, that lie for
it impossible to show himself in the bazaar, wit'
the escort of some officers of the Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. .
Decemher 27.—We moved to-day to the ia's
new garden-house, which, for this country, i plen-
did place, consisting of haram, and div Jiaueli,
in a very pretty garden. This he has ' . pleased
to lend us for our accommodation ( 7 g the re
mainder of our stay here. The gar'* . brought us
a large bunch of nergheez, or narc ; , in full flower,
on our arrival; also chrysanthemums and marygolds.
Razki, or Arabian jessamine, will not grow in Mousul
in the open air. The winter kills it.
January 2, 1821.—I am ashamed to say a very
* According to Assemanni,—" Nisibin, Dara, and Hadhr, ■tfere
mined by Tcharsonli, a Nestorian, first called Barsuma, who oli-
taincd permission from the Abbassides to ruin them. He ruined
a great number of places, and was killed by the nuns of Heir al
Benat, near Dara."