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Gathering the wounded at the French Hospital, Urmia, 1918

Place: Urmia · today Iran
Date: 1918

A rider holding an American flag and men with more flags in front of the French Hospital in Urmia, gathering the wounded after the first fight between the Assyrians and the Muslims of the city in 1918.

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

Gathering the wounded at the French Hospital, Urmia, 1918

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