'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.' [‎286] (321/450)

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VILLAGE OF ADANA KEUY.
the north side. Through one of these ridges a
Turkisli Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. cut a narrow road a long time
back. His name, as far as I could make it out from
an inscription on the rock, now almost entirely de
faced, was Hassan. Nitre was to be seen in some
places.
At noon we left this unsightly mountain, our road
through which had been about south, and keeping
its southern face on our left, we proceeded in S. 40 E.
to Adana Keuy, where we arrived at twenty minutes
past one. The stage is called eight hours.
Adana Keuy, which is near the cut of the Khalis
canal and close on the Diala, is a large village,
which has been much more flourishing than it
appears to be at present. It has a mosque, with
a minaret. It is farmed this year for 20,000
piastres.
Our quarter-master had taken a house for us,
where a great number of silk-worms were at work;
but the smell so affected my head, I was obliged soon
to leave it for a garden, where we pitched a tent,
and were very comfortable.
The people of this place are of the Turcoman race,
and are composed of Sunnis, Shiahs, and Tcheragh
Sonderans. Here the Turkish language terminates,
all beyond towards Bagdad being Arab Fellahs Arabic for ‘peasant’. It was used by British officials to refer to agricultural workers or to members of a social class employed primarily in agricultural labour. or
peasants. We met on our march to-day some of the
Arab tribe called Mehdewy*; and in the plain oi
* All the butchers of Bagdad are of this tribe.