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Four Jilu Assyrian recruits crouching at a training camp, Hamadan

Place: Hamadan · today Iran
Date: 1918

Four men in pointed felt caps, scarves and striped clothes crouch in the foreground, one with a cross pendant and one holding a rifle; more armed men sit behind. The Imperial War Museum titles it "Jelus at Hamadan" (Ariel Varges, Q 25021), 1918.

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Assyrian Archive (Instagram @assyrianarchive)

Ariel Varges

Four Jilu Assyrian recruits crouching at a training camp, Hamadan

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