Prisoners of the Tchaudor tribe having their eyes cut out with a knife in Khiva, Uzbekistan. Wood engraving by F.-J. Gauchard after É. Bayard, ca. 1868.

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Blinding (Punishment)

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Prisoners of the Tchaudor tribe having their eyes cut out with a knife in Khiva, Uzbekistan. Wood engraving by F.-J. Gauchard after É. Bayard, ca. 1868.