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Reception of an Assyrian malik (tribal chief) at Qudshanis

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Reception of an Assyrian malik (tribal chief) at Qudshanis

Place: Qudshanis · today Türkiye
Date: 1910

Rows of armed men in tall white felt hats, rifles upright, line a field below a cliff; in front of them one man in a long coat stands while another crouches on the ground. The source title translates as "Reception of the Assyrians' melik in Qochanis".

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Source

Armenia Treasury

Reference: AL 1603/26

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