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Title: Nineveh and Babylon : a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, & 1851
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894
Subjects: Nineveh (Extinct city) Babylon (Extinct city) Middle East -- Description and travel
Publisher: London : J. Murray
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ns they are the descendants of a colony from the northof Syria, which settled in Mesopotamia at a comparativelyrecent period, but I could obtain no positive information onthe subject. It is probable, however, that they did not mi-grate to their present seats before the fall of the Arab princi-pality, and the invasion of Timourleng, towards the end ofthe fourteenth century. IV.) YEZIDI VILLAGES. 99 The north side of the mountain is thickly inhabited, andwell cultivated as far as the scanty soil will permit. Scarcelythree-quarters of a mile to the west of Bukxa is the village ofNaksi, the interval between the two being occupied by ter-races planted -with fig-trees. We did not stop there, althoughthe inhabitants came out to meet us, but rode on to Ossofa,or Usifa, only separated from Naksi by a rocky valley. Thepeople of this village were at war with their neighbours, andas this was one of the prmcipal seats of rebellion and discon-tent, I was anxious to have an interview with its chief.
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A Group of Yezidis. The position of Ossofa is very picturesque. It stands onthe edge of a deep ravine ; behind it are lofty crags and nar-row gorges, whose sides are filled with natural caverns. Onoverhanging rocks, towering above the village, are two ziarehs,or holy places, of the Yezidis, distinguished from afar by theirwhite fluted spires. Pulo, the chief, met us at the head of the principal inha-bitants, and led me to his house, where a large assembly wassoon collected to discuss the principal object of my visit loo NINEVEH AND BABYLON. (Chap, The chiefs of Mirkan and Bukra were induced to make offersof peace, which were accepted, and, after much discussion,the terms of an amicable arrangement were agreed to andratified by general consent. Sheep were slain to celebratethe event. The meat, after the Yezidi fashion, Avas boiledwith onions and a kind of parched pea, and after^vards servedup, like porridge, in large wooden bowls. The mess is notunsavoury, and is the principal dish of

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