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Tigris rafts like those used to drown Diyarbakir's Christians

Date: 20th century

Loaded rafts on the bank of the Tigris with a line of men beside them. Naayem's caption says the leading Christians of Diarbekir were taken into mid-stream on rafts like these and drowned.

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Naayem, Shall This Nation Die? (1921), via Internet Archive

Joseph Naayem (author); photographer not named · Published 1921 in New York (Chaldean Rescue); public domain in the United States.

Tigris rafts like those used to drown Diyarbakir's Christians

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