Rich, Claudius James. Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan, and on the Site of Ancient Nineveh — 340-342-bet. „"Kara Tepeh is peopled by Turcomans. Not fifteen years ago, the village of Kara Tepeh contained seven hundred houses, and now consists of about seventy Most of the inhabitants have been forced to take refuge in Bagdad, from the oppression of their governors."“
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Buckingham, James Silk. Travels In Mesopotamia, 1827 — 351-353-bet. „"the language of their conversation with each other, as well as the feature and complexions of all, was still Turkish, and sufficiently bespoke their origin. It appeared to me, to be hardly more than half the size of Kiffree, and the population still less in proportion ; that of Kiffree being estimated at three thousand, while the inhabitants of this are thought not to exceed one thousand. The appearance and language of the people are as decidedly Turkish as the name of the place itself, and all seemed to confirm the opinion already expressed as to the common origin and progress of these halting- stations on the road."“
