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Assyrian Levies at the salute, Zakho camp, 1922

Place: Zakho · today Iraq
Date: 1922

Levies and British officers at the salute at the Zakho Levy camp. Bell's note describes the 350 Assyrians guarding the furthest outpost, in khaki shorts and broad hats cocked up with feathers.

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Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University

Bell, Gertrude Margaret Lowthian · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (rights holder: "No known copyright restrictions")

Assyrian Levies at the salute, Zakho camp, 1922

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