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Two Assyrian tribal chiefs, 1936

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Two Assyrian tribal chiefs, 1936

Place
Khabur · today Syria
Date
1936
PortraitRefugees

Two elderly Assyrian tribal leaders in turbans and long robes standing side by side, printed in the Illustrated London News page "Britain's debt to allies in the war: Assyrians still homeless" about the refugees settled on the Khabur after the 1933 massacres.

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Source

Internet Archive (The Illustrated London News, 11 April 1936, p. 638)

The Illustrated London News

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