geographical annotations to
Taylor, J.G. 'Travels in Kurdistan, with Notices of the Sources of the Eastern and Western Tigris, and Ancient Ruins in their Neighbourhood' (1865)
19th century sources
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Kalla Sheikh Baj, Kalla Anushirvan : not identified
Zok = Yanarsu, subdistrict centre in the district of Kurtalan, Siirt province
Sassoon = today Sasun, district in Batman province. In Taylor's time Sasun was a name for a larger region including parts of the contemporary districts of Kozluk (Batman), Kulp (Diyarbakır), Muş central district (Muş) and Motki (Bitlis)