Kurdistan Revisited

JOAS, VII, 1851
The article was reprinted in the International Journal of Kurdish Studies, Vol. 15 (1&2) 2001

Journal of a tour from Oroomiah to Mosul through the Koordish Mountains

Rv. Justin Perkins, D. D.
Missionary of the American Board in Persia
April 25, 1849

April 25, 1849-Leaving my home at Seir, at 7 o'clock A.M. I started for Mosul. I rode to the city, and remained there till l o'clock, P.M. engaged in completing my preparations for the journey. We rode to Takky, a Nestorian village near Ardishai, and stopped for the night with Priest Shaleeta, who accompanied us from the city. Ardishai and Takky are about fifteen miles South-South-East of the city of Oroomiah. They are large villages, the two containing from twelve to fifteen hundred inhabitants.

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