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Surma Khanum, the Bishop of Jilu and the boy Mar Benyamin, Qudshanis, about 1894

Place: Qudshanis · today Türkiye
Date: 1894

Indoor group at the patriarchal see: Surma Khanum, Mar Yosip Sargis (Bishop of Jilu) and Ishai Mar Shimun standing, with a girl, the boy Mar Benyamin and Hormizd Mar Shimun in front on a striped rug. Photographed by Hermann Burchardt.

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

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Surma Khanum, the Bishop of Jilu and the boy Mar Benyamin, Qudshanis, about 1894

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