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Fire

The following passage describes what happened in the city of Kharberd in 1896: “The fine-looking quarter of Kharberd City, which catches your eye as soon as you leave Tash-Gabu, was totally pillaged, after which some 8 to 10 houses were set on fire by means of oil, and the entire quarter was reduced to ashes, the fire lasting 6 hours...”

«Դրօշակ», 1896, N 1, էջ 6:
Karapetian Samvel, The “Accidental” Fires of the Ottoman Empire, in: "Vardzk", 2012, N 5, p. 13.

Type Photo
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Author Gundolf Bruchhause
Source Colour Negative
Date 1975 y․

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Author Gundolf Bruchhause
Source Colour Negative
Date 1975 y․