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Shlemun, the patriarch's jester and courtier, Qudshanis, 1886

Place: Qudshanis · today Türkiye
Date: 1886

Full-length portrait of Shlemun, described as the patriarch's jester and courtier, standing with folded arms in a turban and wide striped trousers before a hedge.

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

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Shlemun, the patriarch's jester and courtier, Qudshanis, 1886

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