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Surma Khanum with the boys of the patriarchal family, Qudshanis, about 1897

Place: Qudshanis · today Türkiye
Date: 1897

Surma d'Bait Mar Shimun seated among the children of the family: the future patriarchs Mar Benyamin (aged 10) and Mar Polus, with David and Zaia d'Mar Shimun and cousins, in caps and mountain dress. Photographed by Earl Percy.

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

Earl H.A.G. Percy · No rights statement on the gallery; images carry a MarShimun.com watermark and the caption's own source credit.

Surma Khanum with the boys of the patriarchal family, Qudshanis, about 1897

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