"سرد لإقامة في كردستان وفي موقع نينوى القديمة؛ مع مذكرات رحلة إلى بغداد عبر نهر دجلة ووصف زيارة إلى شيراز وبرسبوليس." [‎٢‎٢] (٤٥٠/٤٥)

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the ghazir soo.
[CH. XII.
of the Ghazir or Buniadus with the Zab takes place
about three hours below this place. The Bumadus
rises out of the rock about five hours beyond Akra.
Both the Zab and the Bumadus wind much. Just
below their junction, on the west bank of the Zab,
is the village of Eurdek, and I have satisfactorily
ascertained that there is no ravine, tract, or discharge
of water whatever in or near the Zab after the junc
tion of the Bumadus.
Thermometer— 6 a.m. 68°; half-past 2 p.m. 88°;
10 p.m. 68°.
October 30.—We marched at twenty-five minutes
past six. The country rose by two steps to its general
level from the river. The first rise was from the
water to the village on the pebbly cliff; then came
a level space, and then again a second rise about the
height of the cliffs, that is, about fifteen feet, looking
as if it had been the bank of the river at some very
ancient period. We marched from the village to
the second step; then having ascended to the level
of the country, we proceeded at seven in a westerly
direction. The country between the two rivers, the
Zab and the Bumadus, is of an undulating surface,
but not broken nor abrupt. The peasants were
ploughing in many places. At ten minutes before
eight we reached the Bumadus or Ghazir Soo, which
very much resembles the Zab, and, like it, has
a high pebbly bank alternately retiring and leaving
a plain between it and the ordinary bed of the river.