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Ruins of the Christian homes of Urmia

Place: Urmia · today Iran
Date: 1918s

Broken mud-brick walls and rubble of the Christian quarter of Urmia, photographed after its destruction during the First World War (photo credited to Near East Relief).

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

Ruins of the Christian homes of Urmia

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