Malik Ismail II of Upper Tiyari at Baqubah

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Malik Ismail II of Upper Tiyari at Baqubah

Place
Baqubah · today Iraq
Date
1910s

Malik Ismail II, chief of the Tiyari tribe, sits in a tall white felt hat, embroidered waistcoat and sash with a dagger at his waist, at Baqubah, 1918–1919 (crop from a group photograph).

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Source

Wikimedia Commons (from the Presbyterian Historical Society, Pearl: Shedd Family Papers)

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