Christian women of Koi Sanjaq, about 1919

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Christian women of Koi Sanjaq, about 1919

Place
Koya
Date
1919

Christian women and girls of Koi (Koya, Koi Sanjaq), southeast of Erbil, in striped dresses with silver belt buckles, with several men standing behind them. The plate, photographed by Captain Miller, appears in W. R. Hay's account of his years as a political officer, 1918-1920. Date approximate (1918-1920).

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Source

Hay, Two Years in Kurdistan (1921), via Internet Archive (University of Toronto copy)

Photo Capt. Miller (in W. R. Hay, Two Years in Kurdistan: Experiences of a Political Officer, 1918-1920) · Published 1921; public domain in the US.