"سرد لإقامة في كردستان وفي موقع نينوى القديمة؛ مع مذكرات رحلة إلى بغداد عبر نهر دجلة ووصف زيارة إلى شيراز وبرسبوليس." [‎٢‎٦‎٥] (٤٥٠/٣٠٠)

KASR I SHIREEN.
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description I ever saw, and seems merely to be com-
posed of round large pebbles, heaped together with
out any attention to order, in an immense thick bed
of coarse mortar.
At the south-west corner, over a torrent, are the
remains ol a bridge of the same rude architecture,
at about ten minutes walk from what is called the
town, before coming to which we passed over the
ridges of a number of parallel and almost vertical
layers of sandstone, which my people wanted to per
suade me was building. Indeed it was amusing to
see how they were prepared to be astonished at every
thing. They cried out <f Ajaieb," or Wonderfu],"
at every bit of insignificant ruin, and often remarked
how impossible it would be to build in so fine a style
now.
The town is an irregular enclosure of not a mile
over, with four gates, and the western one is very
perfect. But I will go on regularly with my sketch
KASR i SHIREEN.