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“The jealousy of our princes is their ruin. Neither the Turks nor the Persians would ever be able to do anything against us, but by availing themselves of our divisions, and the family jealousies of our chiefs. We are aware of this, and yet, somehow or other, the Turks always succeed and get the better of us.”
― Claudius James Rich, Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan, and on the Site of Ancient Nineveh 2 Volume Set: With Journal of a Voyage down the Tigris to Bagdad and an ...