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Monk before the bishop's tower of Mor Yuhanon Tayoyo, 1909

Place: Tur Abdin · today Türkiye
Date: 1909

A monk stands in front of the ruined bishop's tower of the monastery of Mor Yuhanon Tayoyo in Tur Abdin. Bell's handwritten caption reads "Mar Yuhanna, Bishop's house"; 19 May 1909.

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Wikimedia Commons (from the Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University, GB/3/1/13/1/146)

Gertrude Bell · Public domain

Monk before the bishop's tower of Mor Yuhanon Tayoyo, 1909

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