EX-SULTAN'S JEWELS.
-£60,000 FOE EEDESfPTION FROM " V • PAWN. , • Thejawols'beloiigjng to AtiiJnl Aziz, the ex-Sultan of .Morocco,' , were. redeemed in Jiuiaary. On the production,, of the paitnticket and; the', payment''of 4160,000/ they were surrendered to representatives of Molar■ Hafid) the ' present' sultan. * . • •
. ®he final. formalities at the' pawnbrokrag. establishment. were ,attended by El ;Mokn, and his secretary, ; . representing tho hultan, the President of the Seine Tribunal, several high : fniuiti(maries, and three auctioneers." The gems - were Maid: out oil a long green table, wlrero they sparkled with, regal, splendour, under .a powerful electno light. . . As each lot was ticked off on tho 'cata- , logue the jewels were taken: from their eases; and . solemnly handed over to El Mokri. :The gems,were originally pledged -for. . but interest \and ..''other charges in connection'mth'the cancelling of. the sale' amorated_. tp;^"il2,opo,.-.and. this additional suhi .had to he-paid,before they could be redeemed.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 749, 23 February 1910, Page 5
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144EX-SULTAN'S JEWELS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 749, 23 February 1910, Page 5
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