'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.' [‎297] (332/450)

APP. II.]
ROUTES, ETC.
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Ilareer, Koreh, Deireb, or new Hareer, anciently called
Diween*, Zirari, Baherka, and Gerdeh.
The capital, or New Hareer, now called Deireh, is N.
10 E. from our camp at Arbil, in the broken hilly country,
a continuation of Shuan. Old Hareer, the capital of the
Soran family, but now in ruins, is N. 15 E. of our camp,
over the first range of mountains, and the continuation of
Azmir. Behind it again is a very-high mountain, 1 believe
Zagros. Then comes the district of Koshnav, separated
from Hareer by the high mountain.
Great care must be taken in collecting information from
these people, to distinguish between Old and New Hareer.
W hen they say Hareer, they generally mean the modern
capital of that name.
Shaklawa is a Chaldean village over the broken hills.
Between them and the Azmir range, about N.E. from our
camp.
Harmoota is another Chaldean village, half an hour from
Keuy Sanjiak.
With respect to the relative positions of the principal
places to the East, the best of my information is as follows :—
Old Hareer is about three hours and a half from the Zerb
or Zab.
From Keuy Sanjiak, fourteen hours for a horseman,
through diflicult mountains.
From Arbil, twelve horseman's hours.
Hie Zab separates Hareer from the territory of Akra, in
Amadia.
* In Chaldean, spelt Adebin. In Armenia Major there was
likewise a city of this name.— See Assemanni, vol. iii. De Syris
^ estorianis, p 2.