Note 168 — Chapter VII · MÔṢUL TO ZÂKHÔ April 28—May 10
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The late Lord Percy, who visited Sheikh ’Adî in 1897, found nothing but the outer shell and the roof intact. It had been wrecked by a Turkish general who had made a resolute attempt to convert or exterminate (the two expressions are practically synonymous) the Yezîdîs: Notes from a Diary, p. 184.