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Man outside the church of the Virgin at Basibrin, 1909

Place: Tur Abdin · today Türkiye
Date: 1909

A man in a long robe stands outside a tiled-roof stone church at Basibrin in Tur Abdin, which Bell captioned "Miriam el Adra" (the Virgin Mary). 17 May 1909.

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Wikimedia Commons (from the Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University, GB/3/1/13/1/115)

Gertrude Bell · Public domain

Man outside the church of the Virgin at Basibrin, 1909

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