In 1844, the traveller William Francis Ainsworth commented: "The appearance of Zakho in the present day coincides in a remarkable manner with what it was described to be in the time of Xenophon."
1844年、旅行者のウィリアム・フランシス・アインスワース（英語版）は「現在のザーホーの外観はクセノポンが記述した時代の様子と偶然にも注目すべき点で似ている」（"The appearance of Zakho in the present day coincides in a remarkable manner with what it was described to be in the time of Xenophon."）と述べた。