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Assyrian guard congratulated by Dr. Allen after the capture of Urmia, 1918

Place: Urmia · today Iran
Date: 1918

A group of armed Assyrian guards with rifles crowd round a man in a light hat, the American missionary Dr. Allen, shortly after the Assyrian force took control of Urmia in 1918.

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

Assyrian guard congratulated by Dr. Allen after the capture of Urmia, 1918

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