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Bishop Mar Zaya Sargis of Jilu with his infant nephew Isho, 1912

Place: Jilu · today Türkiye
Date: 1912

The young bishop Mar Zaya Sargis of Jilu, in a turban, seated on a camp stool at Mata d-Mar Zaya with his one-year-old nephew Isho, later Bishop Mar Isho Sargis, on his lap; a handwritten Russian caption runs along the bottom.

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AINA (Assyrian International News Agency), "Pictures of Assyrian Villages in Turkey in 1912" (scans by George Slyvus; captions by Nicholas al-Jeelo)

Sergei Petrovich Olferiev (1875-1942), Russian vice-consul at Van

Bishop Mar Zaya Sargis of Jilu with his infant nephew Isho, 1912

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