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Daughters of Rayis Gibrail of Orwantus, Baz, 1912

Place: Hakkari · today Türkiye
Date: 1912

Two young women of Orwantus in Baz in full mountain dress, with turbans, striped robes, sashes and silver belt buckles. AINA's caption says Anna, on the left, was educated at Fiske Seminary in Urmia and taught in a village school.

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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

Daughters of Rayis Gibrail of Orwantus, Baz, 1912

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