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Agha Petros waiting to receive the surrendering mullahs, Urmia 1918

Place: Urmia · today Iran
Date: 1918

Agha Petros, in a fur hat with a bandolier, stands at a doorway among armed men and boys, waiting, in Werda's caption, to receive the surrendering mullahs of Urmia.

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Internet Archive (Better World Books scan; Werda, The Flickering Light of Asia, 1924)

Agha Petros waiting to receive the surrendering mullahs, Urmia 1918

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