Faces, places & memories of the Assyrian people.

Syriac manuscript of the Gospel of Mark from Urmia, decorated page

Urmia · 18th century

A Nestorian (Assyrian) woman carrying water, painting, about 1839

1830s

A Nestorian (Assyrian) man of the mountains, painting, about 1839

1830s

Athanase Abd-El-Messih, Syrian bishop, on his 1839 visit to France

1839

Mar Yohannan, Bishop of Urmia, lithograph portrait, 1842

Urmia · 1842

A Nestorian (Assyrian) mother and her little girl, 1843 lithograph

Persia · 1843

A Nestorian (Assyrian) girl carrying water, 1843 lithograph

Persia · 1843

A Nestorian (Assyrian) of the mountains, 1843 lithograph

1843

Church of Et-Jâhara, Mosul: eastern end, 1852 lithograph

Mosul · 1852

Mar Shimun, Patriarch of the Nestorians, 1852 lithograph

1852

Nestorian (Assyrian) house in Tiyari

Tiyari · 1852

Syrian convent of Mar Mattai (Sheikh Matta)

Mar Mattai · 1852

View of Mardin (Mardeen) with two men on a crenellated wall

Mardin · 1852

Jacobite (Syriac Orthodox) women drawing water at Midyat, Tur Abdin

Midyat · 1852

Chaldean man with rifle and pipe, Constantinople

Constantinople · 1869

Henry Binder's lodging and hosts at Julamerk, Hakkari

Hakkari · 1880s

View over the rooftops of Urmia

Urmia · 1880s

Shemasha Ishai d'Mar Shimun with his secretary and servants

1890s

A Syrian (Assyrian) girl, 1891 engraving

Hakkari · 1891

Syrian (Assyrian) priest and his wife, 1891 engraving

Hakkari · 1891

A Syrian (Assyrian) family, 1891 engraving

Hakkari · 1891

Church of Mar Shalita, Qudshanis, 1891 engraving

Qudshanis · 1891

Leaders of the 1898 union of Urmia Assyrians with Russian Orthodoxy

Urmia · 1898

Patriarch Abraham Mar Shimun

19th century

Nestorian (Assyrian) girls carrying water jars

Persia · 19th century

Nestorian (Assyrian) women churning butter in a goatskin

Persia · 19th century

Nestorian (Assyrian) women grinding grain and baking bread

Persia · 19th century

Nestorian (Assyrian) wedding on the island of Ardeshir, Lake Urmia

Urmia · 19th century

Refugees from massacres, mostly Nestorian (Assyrian) with some Armenians

Persia · 19th century

Nestorian (Assyrian) woman spinning wool with a hand spindle

Persia · 19th century

Two Chaldean women of Mardin

Mardin · 1900s

Assyrian printers at the mission press, Urmia, c. 1900

Urmia · 1900s

Hakkari Assyrian men, c. 1900

Hakkari · 1900s

Assyrian family before a stone house in Hakkari, c. 1900

Hakkari · 1900s

Assyrian children in a remote village of Hakkari, c. 1900

Hakkari · 1900s

The Syrian (Syriac Orthodox) archbishop in Palestine, about 1900

Jerusalem · 1900

Mutrâv Paulus, Syrian Roman Catholic bishop in Mosul

Mosul · 1900s

Franciscan sisters, teachers and pupils of the mission school, Mardin

Mardin · 1904

Chaldean and Syriac men, and a woman with children, of Mardin province

Mardin · 1904

Syriac and Chaldean women and girls of Mardin province

Mardin · 1904

Girls' school in Supurghan, Urmia, 1904

Urmia · 1904

Nun with a gospel at the Church of the Virgin, Hah, 1909

Tur Abdin · 1909

Priest holding a gospel at the Church of the Virgin, Hah, 1909

Tur Abdin · 1909

Dawid Mar Shimun at Baqubah

Baqubah · 1910s

Malik Ismail II of Upper Tiyari at Baqubah

Baqubah · 1910s

Four refugees reach the American relief station in Urmia

Urmia · 1910s

Jilu Assyrian soldier, Mesopotamian campaign

1910s

Stera and Warina, survivors of the massacres

1910s

Joseph Naayem in the Bedouin disguise of his escape

1910s

Kala Ismail Agha, near the site of a massacre

Persia · 1910s

Street in Urmia where the Shahbaz family was confined

Urmia · 1910s

Refugee girls from the Kurdistan mountains

1910s

Syrian (Assyrian) women of the Kurdistan mountains in flight

1910s

Christian families fleeing the Turkish massacre

1910s

Mountain refugees in the Russian consulate, Urmia

Urmia · 1910s

Tents of the Tiyari section at the Baqubah camp

Baqubah · 1910s

Tkhuma mountaineer Assyrians at the Baqubah camp

Baqubah · 1910s

Assyrian orphans at the Baqubah refugee camp

Baqubah · 1910s

Mar Shimun in his vestments, 1916 printing

1910s

Mar Shimun, Patriarch of the Church of the East

1910s

Assyrian child with a staff, Van Province

Van Province · 1910

Assyrian wedding gathering, Van Province

Van Province · 1910

Reception of an Assyrian malik (tribal chief) at Qudshanis

Qudshanis · 1910

Malik Ismail II of Upper Tiyari with his sons and grandchildren, 1912

Tiyari · 1912

Church of Mar Zaya at Mata d-Mar Zaya, Jilu, 1912

Jilu · 1912

Cover of Pravoslavnaya Urmiya (Urmia Orthodokseta), October 1913

Urmia · 1913

Interior of the church of Mar Shalitha, Qudshanis

Qudshanis · 1914

Rabban Hormizd, drawing by Edgar Wigram

Alqosh · 1914

Refugees from the Kurdistan mountains at the Russian consulate, Urmia

Urmia · 1915

Refugee column near Lake Urmia, 1915

Urmia · 1915

Assyrian refugees from Tiyari and Tkhuma encamped near Urmia, 1915

Urmia · 1915

Refugee children on Christmas Day 1915, Urmia

Urmia · 1915

Syrian Catholic church in Mesopotamia during the First World War

Iraq · 1916

A refugee archdeacon and a boy, 1916

1916

Kurdish and Christian frontiersmen from Tergawar and Dasht

1916

Graduates of the Girls' Industrial School at Urmia

Urmia · 1916

Metropolitan Mar Khnanishu and Rev. Y. M. Neesan

1916

Tiyari (Assyrian) refugees helped by the Armenian Committee in Urmia, 1917

Urmia · 1917

Assyrian militia patrolling in Urmia, 1918

Urmia · 1918

Jilu Assyrian refugees sorting clothing, 1918

Persia · 1918

Jilu Assyrian refugees cooking with a British soldier, 1918

Persia · 1918

Jilu Assyrian recruits drilling with a New Zealand NCO, Hamadan

Hamadan · 1918

Medical inspection of Jilu Assyrian recruits for the Urmia Brigade

Hamadan · 1918

Urmia refugees on horseback trekking through Bijar, 1918

Persia · 1918

Monk Hanna Dolabani with orphaned students at Deyrulzafaran, 1918

Mardin · 1918

Assyrian fighters from Jilu, 1918

1918

Assyrian volunteers with a captured Turkish banner, 1918

1918

Jilu Assyrian recruit for the Urmia Brigade at Hamadan

Hamadan · 1918

Jilu Assyrian mother giving her child a drink, 1918

Persia · 1918

British soldier tending a Jilu Assyrian refugee child

Persia · 1918

Jilu Assyrian orphans breaking stones for the Persian road

Persia · 1918

Jilu Assyrian refugee women and children, 1918

Persia · 1918

Jilu Assyrian refugees with a laden mule, 1918

Persia · 1918

Jilu Assyrian refugees coming over the Asadabad Pass

Asadabad Pass · 1918

Jilu Assyrian recruits drilled at Hamadan for the Urmia Brigade

Hamadan · 1918

Armenian and Syrian (Assyrian) refugees at the Kurdish gate, Urmia, 1918

Urmia · 1918

The army of defence at Urmia, 1918

Urmia · 1918

Dr. Shedd with refugees in the city compound, Urmia, 1918

Urmia · 1918

Aerial view of the Baqubah refugee camp on the Diyala

Baqubah · 1919

Maliks of the Assyrian mountain tribes at Baqubah, 1919

Baqubah · 1919

Priests and deacons of the Nestorian (Assyrian) church, Baghdad, 1919

Baghdad · 1919

Assyrian refugees from North Persia waiting by a railway in Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia · 1919

Syrian archbishop Chourkaila Kury aboard ship

1920

Memorial stone at the Baqubah refugee camp, 1920

Baqubah · 1920

Assyro-Chaldean delegation to the Paris Peace Conference

1920s

Map of the country of the Assyrian Christians, 1920

1920

Students and staff of the Assyrian orphanage in Adana, 1921

Adana · 1921

Habiba Turkoghlou, matron of a military hospital

1921

Assyrian troops in front of a British bomber in Iraq

Iraq · 1925

Shelters in the Nestorian (Assyrian) refugee camp, Baghdad, 1927

Baghdad · 1927

Protestant church in the Assyrian camp, Baghdad, 1927

Baghdad · 1927

Water supply at the Nestorian (Assyrian) refugee camp, Baghdad, 1927

Baghdad · 1927

Ignace Tappouni, General Gouraud and Mgr Khayatte at Saint-Ephrem

Paris · 1929

Mgr Khayatte raised to chorbishop at Saint-Ephrem, Paris

Paris · 1929

Assyrian refugees waiting on the airfield for the RAF airlift, Mosul

Mosul · 1930s

Assyrian family at home with a sewing machine, Armenia

Armenia · 1930s

Lady Surma d'Bait Mar Shimun in Mosul

Mosul · 1932

Foot-washing at the Syriac church of Saint-Ephrem, Paris

Paris · 1933

Assyrian refugee women and children boarding an RAF airlift at Mosul, 1933

Mosul · 1933

Batarshah, an Assyrian village destroyed in August 1933

Simele · 1933

Syriac-rite Mass with Cardinal Tappouni at the 1937 Paris Exposition

Paris · 1937

League of Nations irrigation wheel on the Khabur, 1938

Tel Tamer · 1938

Water wheels built by Assyrian settlers on the Khabur, 1938

Tel Tamer · 1938

Group of Assyrian men in traditional dress at Tel Tamer, 1938

Tel Tamer · 1938

Assyrian woman spinning wool at Tel Tamer, 1938

Tel Tamer · 1938

Assyrian women at an outdoor kitchen, Tel Tamer, 1938

Tel Tamer · 1938

Assyrian woman pounding burghul at Tel Tamer, 1938

Tel Tamer · 1938

Elderly Assyrian man at Tel Tamer, 1938

Tel Tamer · 1938

Assyrian priest with his manuscript Bible at Tel Tamer, 1938

Tel Tamer · 1938

Assyrian woman in traditional jewellery at Tel Tamer, 1938

Tel Tamer · 1938

Assyrian man in national costume at Tel Tamer, 1938

Tel Tamer · 1938

Tel Tamer and the Khabur river, 1938

Tel Tamer · 1938

Joe Daniels, an Assyrian musician from Soviet Georgia, with his tar

San Francisco · 1938

Joe Daniels, an Assyrian musician from Soviet Georgia, playing the tar

San Francisco · 1938

Assyrian refugees moving to a new village, Jazira, 1939

Tel Tamer · 1939

Assyrian shepherd camp near Tel Tamer, 1939

Tel Tamer · 1939

Iraq Levies recruits drilling at Habbaniya

Habbaniya · 1940s

Entrance to the Syriac Orthodox church of St. Mark, Jerusalem

Jerusalem · 1940s

Syriac inscription in the convent of St. Mark, Jerusalem

Jerusalem · 1940s

Interior of the Syriac Orthodox church of St. Mark, Jerusalem

Jerusalem · 1940s

Syriac Orthodox procession at the Holy Fire ceremony, Jerusalem, 1941

Jerusalem · 1941

Syriac Orthodox Palm Sunday procession in Jerusalem, 1941

Jerusalem · 1941

Assyrian Levies recruits in uniform after training, Habbaniya, 1942

Habbaniya · 1942

Assyrian recruits to the Iraq Levies at Habbaniya, 1942

Habbaniya · 1942

Assyrian dancer and musicians performing the khigga, 1942

Habbaniya · 1942

Iraq Levies arriving in Liverpool for the 1946 Victory Parade

United Kingdom · 1946

Metropolitan Athanasius Yeshue Samuel with a Dead Sea scroll, 1949

Washington, D.C. · 1949

Assyrian workers at the Ytong factory, Kumla

Kumla · 1976

Assyrians protest the deportation of the Özer family, Landskrona

Landskrona · 1976

Assyrian families at a party, Örebro

Örebro · 1980

Syriac engagement in the association hall, Landskrona

Landskrona · 1980

Archbishop Julius Abdulahad Gallo Shabo at a church founding ceremony, Örebro

Örebro · 1989

Building the Syriac Orthodox Maria church, Varberga, Örebro

Örebro · 1990

Archbishop Addai Sheir of Siirt

Siirt · 20th century

The Chaldean Patriarch of Babylon

20th century

Nestorians (Assyrians) from the mountains

20th century

Mrs. Shahbaz

20th century

Nestorians (Assyrians) from the plain

Persia · 20th century

Rev. K. Odisho and his children, Urmia

Urmia · 20th century

A wedding procession in Urmia

Urmia · 20th century

St. Mary's Church, Urmia

Urmia · 20th century

Village of Qudshanis, the patriarchal seat

Qudshanis · 20th century

Syrian (Assyrian) women cleaning grain on the roofs at Bibaydi

Bibaydi · 20th century

Mountain Syrians (Assyrians) on the roofs at Bibaydi

Bibaydi · 20th century

Village of Zawitha, Lower Tkhuma

Tkhuma · 20th century

Malik Ismail's house at Chumba, Tiyari

Tiyari · 20th century

Bear hunters at Qudshanis

Qudshanis · 20th century

Mountain Syrians (Assyrians) on a house-top at Malikta, Berwar

Berwar · 20th century

A halt for the night at Malikta, Berwar

Berwar · 20th century

Jacobite (Syriac Orthodox) pilgrims from Chaldea

20th century

British forces phrase book: Assyrian section

United Kingdom · 20th century

Swedish folk dancers and the Syriac association dance together, Tensta

Tensta · 2000

Good Friday procession inside St Peter and St Paul, Hallunda

Botkyrka · 2004

Good Friday Mass at St Peter and St Paul, Hallunda

Botkyrka · 2004

Syriac cultural centre in Varberga, Örebro

Örebro · 2006

St Peter and St Paul Syriac Orthodox church, Hallunda

Botkyrka · 2009

RAF appeal for help printed in Assyrian and eight other languages

Celebration at the Syriac Orthodox monastery in Mosul

Mosul

Nestorian (Assyrian) Christian family, studio portrait by Sevruguin

Persia

Patriarch Ruel Mar Shimun

Five elderly Assyrian men, Van Province

Van Province

Nestorian (Assyrian) Christian family making butter, Mawana, Persia

Mawana