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Mar Gabriel and his nephew, 1901 book plate

Date: 1901

Photograph of an elderly bearded churchman in a turban, seated, with a younger man standing behind him, captioned "Mar-Gabriel and his nephew". Mar Gabriel was likely the Church of the East bishop of that name in the Urmia region.

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Library of Congress, Selected Digitized Books

Absalom D. Shabaz · Published before 1929; in the public domain in the United States (Library of Congress Selected Digitized Books).

Mar Gabriel and his nephew, 1901 book plate

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