Nineveh and Babylon; a narrative of a second expedition to Assyria during the years 1849, 1850, and 1851 (1867)
Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894 · London J. Murray · leaf 260
century b.c. by Vagharschag, thefirst king of the Arsacian dynasty of Armenia, who made itthe strongest city in the kingdom. In the eleventh centuryit was ceded by the royal family of the Ardzrounis to theGreek emperors, from whom it was taken by the SeljukTurks. It fell, in 1392, into the hands of… … -3C 2oS NINEVEH AND BABYLON. [Chap. The city had been seized, sometime previous to my visit, bya rebel Kurdish chic, Kluin Mahmoud, who massacred theTurkish garrison, inflicted large fines upon the Christians, andgrievously op])ressed the de])endent villages. After the troopsof the Sultan had made…
