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Jacobite (Syriac Orthodox) man of Midyat, photographed by Mark Sykes, 1907
Profile of a seated man in a patterned turban and striped coat with a dagger at his side. The Commons record says Mark Sykes took it at Midyat in late 1907; it appears in his report of journeys in North Mesopotamia (Geographical Journal, 1908).
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Wikimedia Commons (from Mark Sykes, Geographical Journal 1908, JSTOR 1775926)
Mark Sykes · Public domain (as tagged on Wikimedia Commons).
