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The exiled patriarchal family in Myrtou, Cyprus, 1946

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The exiled patriarchal family in Myrtou, Cyprus, 1946

Place: Cyprus
Date: 1946

Family Clergy Refugees

The family of Mar Eshai Shimun in exile at Myrtou, Cyprus, during a 1946 visit by Metropolitan Mar Yosip Khnanisho. Seated in the centre are Surma Khanim, Mar Yosip Khnanisho and Lady Ester; standing at left is Rab Khayla Dawid, with Zaya d'Mar Shimun seated and children on the ground.

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Internet Archive (subject assyrian-archive; scans from S. S. Solomon, The Indestructible Assyrians, 2010)

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