"سرد لإقامة في كردستان وفي موقع نينوى القديمة؛ مع مذكرات رحلة إلى بغداد عبر نهر دجلة ووصف زيارة إلى شيراز وبرسبوليس." [‎٢‎٥‎٤] (٤٥٠/٢٨٩)

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RUINS OF THE ZENDAN.
sepulchre. The length of the ruin is thirty-two
chains, of the small chain of fifty feet; the breadth
over the top is forty-six feet six inches ; the height
sixteen feet ten inches, though at one place it rises
still higher. It has twelve towers, or buttresses, still
standing, and four at the north end, which are quite
in ruins.
The diameter of each tower from the building
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outwards is thirty-three feet five inches, the breadth
at the wall thirty-nine feet eight inches. The in
terval of the curtain between each tower is fifty-
eight feet six inches. Between each tower are three
pair oi loop-holes. This is on the eastern face of
the building. On the western is a dead wall with
no towers, but with a niche opposite to each tower
on the other side; and the last but one of these
niches was quite perfect, with a pointed arch. The
EAST FACE OF THE ZENDAN.