Assyrian malik with his retinue (Tkhuma or Tiyari), Hakkari

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Assyrian malik with his retinue (Tkhuma or Tiyari), Hakkari

Place
Hakkari · today Türkiye
Date
1913

Five armed men with long braided hair, bandoliers and rifles pose outdoors, one seated in front. Yervand Lalayan's 1913 study printed it as a Tkhuma malik with his retinue; the post notes that several people have identified them as Tiyari maliks instead.

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Source

Assyrian Archive (Instagram @assyrianarchive)