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Girls of the Syriac girls' school at St Mary's church, Diyarbakir, 1940s

Place: Diyarbakir · today Türkiye
Date: 1940s

Girls of the Assyrian (Syriac) girls' school next to St Mary's Church in Diyarbakir, 1940s. The source says the school was founded by Viktoriya Hanım, daughter of the former Syriac Orthodox patriarch Ignatius Elias III.

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Girls of the Syriac girls' school at St Mary's church, Diyarbakir, 1940s

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