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Apart from the trades mentioned above, Grayian gives, in his work, brief details about Palu town concerning others and about the existence of shops. Thus retailers deal in a little of everything, and are generally Armenians. We learn from him that the town’s fruiterers and grocers are Turks. In the days just before the start of the First World War the town has one pharmacist, Karekin Kiurkdjian who has, as his assistant Misak Alexanian and an apprentice Khoren Giragosian. The same Misak Alexanian is also occupied with photography. There is also one dentist in Palu at this same time. Among the other trades there are tailors and watchmakers, all Armenians. The goldsmiths in the town too, who craft rings, bracelets, ear rings, belts, necklaces, pomanders and tobacco boxes, crosses and church vessels, are Armenians. Most of Palu town’s ironsmiths, coppersmiths, tinsmiths, leather workers, saddlers and blacksmiths are Armenians. These last, apart from shoeing horses, own khans, where villagers coming to the town can stable their pack animals. While their owners – Kurds and Armenians – carry out their trades in the town, their animals are looked after until evening, in other words until the villager is ready to return home. One well-known khan is the one owned by Mghsi Grbushian. The blacksmiths of the town are also involved with breeding animals. [21]
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