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Street in Urmia where the Shahbaz family was confined

Place: Urmia · today Iran
Date: 1910s

A crowded street in Urmia; an "x" on the right marks the house in which the author and his family were confined, and the high roof on the left belongs to one of the mission buildings. Likely 1915.

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Shahbaz, The Rage of Islam (1918), via Internet Archive

Yonan H. Shahbaz · Public domain (published 1918)

Street in Urmia where the Shahbaz family was confined

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