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(Left) Nestorians at
Mount Judi in 1899
(Top) A picture from the
Nestorian riot. Nestori-
ans were exploited by
the British deep state in
its bid to gain control
over the region's oil re-
serves.

region. As soon as British missionaries like Dr. William Henry Browne gained

the trust of the people in the region, they immediately said that the problem

concerned internal policy and took a stance against the Ottoman Empire.
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John George Taylor, the Consul of Britain in Erzurum at the time, began
his letter to Earl of Clarendon in 1868, with the following statements: 'Please

find attached two reports which include my observations and the experiences
about the country and the people. This data is based on my six years of duty

in the country'. The attachment of the letter included, in addition to the de-
mographic details of Nestorians, the following comment:

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