"سرد لإقامة في كردستان وفي موقع نينوى القديمة؛ مع مذكرات رحلة إلى بغداد عبر نهر دجلة ووصف زيارة إلى شيراز وبرسبوليس." [‎٣‎٣‎٨] (٤٥٠/٣٧٣)

338 SULIMANIA TO [APP. IV.
Bearings with the surveying -compass:—
The flat or perpendicular crest set from Sulimania,
whence it bore 65° 56', and put down as Avdalan.
N.B. Avdalan is a village, the other or Sulimania
side of it. N. 32 E., to N. 22 K.
Goodroon, under the summit, N. 57 K
Karadagh, highest summit, S. 39 E. Distance ten hours.
Seghirmeh, S. 34 E.
Derbend i Basirra, S 35 E. Distance five hours.
Keuy Sanjiak was in about N. 35 \\ .
Bitwein, N. 20 W.
One road to Keuy Sanjiak goes through Derbend i
Bazian. Distance said to be little more than to Kerkook,
or about fourteen hours.
Another road leads up the valley of Sulimania, by Ker-
wanan, along Goodroon, through Soordash, and out at
Derbend, N. of the Derbend i Bazian, and called Der
bend i Khalti-ban.
N.B. Both the Derbend and Taslujee hills join and ter
minate at Khalkhalan.
October 23.—Mounted at 30 ra , a.m ., N.20W., up
the valley formed by a small line ot hills just behind Derghe-
zeen, and another similar one opposite, also coming N. W.
from Derbend, and running to Bazian. At 6 40 ,
N. SOW. At 6 h 50 m , S. 70 W. At 7 h 20 m passed through
Derbend.
From the pass of Derbend we continued S. 70 . Be
fore us rose the little furrowed line of hills of Gheshee Khan,
and Kara Hassan, running N. VV. and S. E. On our right
hand the level of the country sunk at once, as if it had
fallen in, to the depth of more than one hundred feet.
At 7 h 35 m we descended into this bottom, in N. 25 W.,
and kept in it the remainder of the way. At 7 h 50 ,