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Rab Emma Baijan Peko leading a platoon of Assyrian Levies, Habbaniya

Place: Habbaniya · today Iraq
Date: 1942

A platoon of Assyrian Levies in slouch hats and shorts marching with rifles on their shoulders, led by Rab Emma (commander of a hundred) Baijan Peko. Book page from The Assyrian Levies (1996) with its printed caption.

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Assyrian Archive (Instagram @assyrianarchive)

Rab Emma Baijan Peko leading a platoon of Assyrian Levies, Habbaniya

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