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Family of Rayis Gibrail of Orwantus, Baz, 1912

Place: Hakkari · today Türkiye
Date: 1912

A large family group outside a house in Orwantus (Alandüzü) in the Baz district: the elderly former village head Gibrail seated with a staff among women in striped robes and headdresses, men in turbans and children.

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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

Family of Rayis Gibrail of Orwantus, Baz, 1912

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