PhotographAA-0456

Gallo Shabo, commander of the defence of Iwardo in 1915

Place: Tur Abdin · today Türkiye

Close portrait, reproduced from a printed page, of Gallo Shabo in a dotted keffiyeh. The archive describes him as the leader of the Syriac defence of the village of Iwardo (Ayinwardo) during the genocide of 1915.

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Arameandom.org, Aramean Archive (community archive)

Gallo Shabo, commander of the defence of Iwardo in 1915

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