a town of Asiatic Turkey, on a cliff forming the left bank of the Tigris, in the paschalic and 65 miles N.N.W. of Bagdad. It is a miserable place, encircled by a wall, and only remarkable for two beautiful monuments to Moslem saints, both surmounted by domes, one of which, once covered with gold, is now quite white; while the other is beautifully enamelled with white and yellow flowers on a bluish ground. These attract pilgrims from all parts of Persia, to the number of 10,000 yearly; but the resident population does not exceed 1000.