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Patriarch Mar Rowil Shimun at Qudshanis, 1886

Place: Qudshanis · today Türkiye
Date: 1886

Patriarch Mar Rowil (Ruel) Shimun XX of the Church of the East, seated outdoors in a fur-trimmed coat and turban at Qudshanis. From Athelstan Riley's papers at Lambeth Palace.

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Mar Shimun Memorial Foundation (marshimun.com), photo gallery

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Patriarch Mar Rowil Shimun at Qudshanis, 1886

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