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Jilu Assyrian recruit for the Urmia Brigade at Hamadan

Place: Hamadan · today Iran
Date: 1918

A young Assyrian man from Jilu in a felt cap, patched clothes and cloth leggings stands with a rifle over his shoulder at Hamadan, August 1918, recruited for the British-formed Urmia Brigade. Photographed by Ariel Varges.

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Wikimedia Commons (copy of Imperial War Museums Q 25026, Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection)

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

Jilu Assyrian recruit for the Urmia Brigade at Hamadan

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