Note 16 — Chapter V · MOSUL, THE CITIES OF THE ASSYRIANS, THE YAZIDIS

This is the usually accepted theory. The Tiflis Yezidis, however, gave a later inquirer a different version, stating that Satan has, after weeping sufficient tears in seven vessels to quench the seven hells of his seven thousand years’ exile, now been reinstated in Heaven. Can we assume this important event to have happened since 1839, when Layard was informed of the theory quoted in the text?