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Front page of Zahrire d-Bahra (Rays of Light), Urmia, 1900

Place: Urmia · today Iran
Date: 1900

A front page of Zahrire d-Bahra ("Rays of Light"), the newspaper of the Urmia mission station printed in Syriac script, with its rising-sun masthead. From a bound volume of 1897-1900 issues.

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Presbyterian Historical Society, Pearl Digital Collections

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. West Persia Mission. Urmia Station. · "No copyright - United States" (rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/).

Front page of Zahrire d-Bahra (Rays of Light), Urmia, 1900

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