"سرد لإقامة في كردستان وفي موقع نينوى القديمة؛ مع مذكرات رحلة إلى بغداد عبر نهر دجلة ووصف زيارة إلى شيراز وبرسبوليس." [‎٢‎٧‎١] (٤٥٠/٣٠٦)

RUINS OF IIAOUSH KEREK.
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its northern side, which was three hundred and
forty leet, including the building, on the west face.
The height of the platform is fifteen feet and a half;
its breadth, north and south, may be about half as
much as its length east and west. At its western
end are the remains of the building or Kasr, which
was entered by a slope for a horseman to ride up.
On each side of the slope is a small court with
vaulted rooms on the ground. The building or Kasr
is also a heap of ruins of small rooms, all built of the
round rolled sandstone, with which the whole coun
try is covered in incredible quantities, till you descend
into the plain of Binkudreh. At the east end of the
north and south face is a double stair; from the foot
ol the south face the ground is built up level, and a
little higher than the ground for the breadth of a
few yards, all along the south face. Aga Seyd said,
this reminded him of the kind of buildings erected
l>y the King of Persia, when he encamps with
his army. About a hundred yards on the north
west, and adhering to the wall of the enclosure,
on the outside, is another curious building, quite
open on the top, the walls not above ten feet
high. It consists, first, of an open court on the east,
about seventy feet square, with archways all round.
Secondly, two very narrow passages, which have
evidently been arched over in many parts, the spring
ol the arch remaining. Thirdly, an open court like
the first, and then a still larger enclosure. On the