Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Iju Mmiri ahụ () bụ akwụkwọ akụkọ ihe mere eme nke onye edemede Poland bụ Henryk Sienkiewicz, nke e bipụtara na 1886. Ọ bụ mpịakọta nke abụọ nke usoro mpịakọta atọ nke ndị Poland maara dị ka "The Trilogy", nke "With Fire and Sword" ("Ogniem i mieczem", 1884) bu ụzọ na "Fire in the Steppe" ("Pan Wołodyjowski", 1888). Akwụkwọ akụkọ ahụ na-akọ akụkọ banyere onye agha Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth na onye amara Andrzej Kmicic ma gosipụta panorama nke Commonwealth n'oge akụkọ ihe mere eme nke Iju Mmiri ahụ
, nke so n'agha ndị a lụrụ n'ebe ugwu.