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Jilu Assyrian refugees with a laden mule, 1918

Place: Persia · today Iran
Date: 1918

A Jilu Assyrian man in a felt cap and sash, holding a long stick, leads a mule piled with bedding and carrying a young rider; more refugees follow behind. Photographed by Ariel Varges in western Persia in 1918.

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Wikimedia Commons (copy of Imperial War Museums Q 25096, Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection)

Ariel Varges · Wikimedia Commons license: Public domain ({{PD-UKGov}})

Jilu Assyrian refugees with a laden mule, 1918

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