'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.' [‎266] (301/450)

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KASR I SHIREEN.
of the ruins as we visited them. The first place we
came to adjoining the wall, and N. 15 W. of what
I call the fort, was a square building facing the car
dinal points, each side of which measured fifty-three
feet by measurement, and I should think (for I did
not measure) about forty high. There was an arched
door-way in each face, and above each a narrow
window. The roof, which has evidently been a dome,
has fallen in. The building is of the rude masonry
before described, but has been faced with coarse red
bricks, with which also the windows and doors are
pointed ; part of the facing may still be seen. On
the north and south sides are small square courts,
with little cells on each side of them, but quite
ruined; and on the east is a long piece of ruin, con
taining; long narrow compartments, which appear to
have been vaulted.
But the principal ruin in point of surface, which
much reminded me of the one at Dara, is situated
about the centre of the town. It appears to have
been a large platform supported by vaults, forming
very narrow passages and cells. On the western
end of the south side is what looks like a ruined
portico, with a gate at each end. On the north side
it is open, and consists of cells and compartments
alone, but I think that it must once have been
covered by the platform. On the east and north,
and on the east part of the western face, the platform
remains entire, and has on each side one double
staircase, underneath which the vaulted support ot