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Assyrian man who died defending his people, Persia, about 1915-1918

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Assyrian man who died defending his people, Persia, about 1915-1918

Place
Persia · today Iran
Date
1910s
PortraitWorld War

Full-length portrait of a young man in a patterned embroidered costume and tall felt cap, standing beside a brick wall. The album caption says he was a "Syrian" (Assyrian) who gave his life in defence of his people fighting the Kurds and Turks in Persia; his name is not given.

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Source

General Commission on Archives and History of the United Methodist Church, GCAH Mission Albums Gallery (Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church photograph albums)

Board of Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church

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