Map of British Guiana showing the area proposed for Assyrian settlement, 1934

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Map of British Guiana showing the area proposed for Assyrian settlement, 1934

Date
1934

Printed sketch map of British Guiana with the proposed area for Assyrian settlement in the Rupununi district shaded, issued with a Foreign Office memorandum after the 1933 Simele massacre, when resettling Iraq's Assyrians abroad was under discussion.

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Source

Qatar Digital Library (British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers)

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