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Monk Hanna Dolabani with orphaned students at Deyrulzafaran, 1918

Place: Mardin · today Türkiye
Date: 1918

Rows of boys in long tunics and caps stand behind seated Syriac Orthodox clergy at the Deyrulzafaran (Mor Hananyo) monastery near Mardin in 1918. The source identifies the group as the monk Hanna Dolabani with orphaned students.

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Wikimedia Commons (from a Dolabani biography on the Internet Archive)

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Monk Hanna Dolabani with orphaned students at Deyrulzafaran, 1918

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