SHRINE OF THE PROPHET.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 11949, 7 March 1917, Page 7

SHRINE OF THE PROPHET.

TREASFRES OF Tllr"; MOSGCE AT ?>l.l']l' i \ A. A proper of the roc/at antvoi.ncement tli.-u the .-hn'no of tic Prophet at 3k(l'.iia has been de-poikd by iko Turks, an eminent professor, wt if known ■iniong Urieiitaii-;-. !:as pn.n ined the i'aris •■ Temps : " wivj) :-.;on:r details as to the rnoMpie aii'i : t> tre.e-nres. i He oxi;J.i.] , ;l a, .M.-.lmm.i.-H's bouse, vhieh \va- n.-.-.i' t.;; the ovigr.iai bulking, was eventually inclosed within ns preoimes. ar.d that the tomb -of the . IVopjl. i. Satiated in ihe SOUt h-WOSt ! angle, w. the ebieet of universal veneration in il>." A!uh.;mm:;daii world. It is covoron \\ <n\ ;i rieh pail vee.h is re-' itowid every v.ar on tiie occasion of tlie ' pilgrimae;*- ;o 3lecea. ana i< presented; -*'<■" tie: >i!it:u>. ike iVhuhf <;t Constan-j tinoph . v.b.K 'ike oiiK-r great personage, in Islam, is ntnnri to bear the ' v'!_ !r ' ".-■'•/ van: of ;ke two vanoriian'es ' i.iie'va .ni'i >.ir..ii:ia). For en.nv years 'lie |;:ce :;•;.-: ot the tomb have been or- : naau i: .d ,\ 111- gifts ~j :[ \\ k;; : us, and i".-tiy !;: ups lev, e luni.u' .-usperaiod from 'lie eeiitr.g. In the eleventh century, ikn. -''.biir. the Anbhin rrave]]o*i\ eounteii twenty el i:a -eh; silver and x ' ; i go'd. while Al BnUareemi. who j made I lie pdgrimago in |9OS in the 'nuii'i ef lb, Kliedi-vv", counted bOO. On the wads there hang rope; of com-'; or poari.r: in the comers ui ii;,. sanctuary stand ;,-'.i ( ;.-.ji candelabra, two n. ViiiK-n t«o m.Mvs Li..),, v.-ero ofrrrrd by the sultan Abdr.l Media! \ VI ]:-<-7, \ Y \y.<.„ the rrr,a;ning two Here orcsented by tlie Sultan Alahmoitd ; and the r< adorned wit!i countless other treasures. 'I be most precious object of all however, is ••' al Kaoukab ad. dourri." the s!ib;inf£ star": a ta'eaL diamond. r.ae -ave m a pi«.>;(.'on's egpr. v.bich .-; il'ii ined in a rm<j et and fixed in tbe sonibern wall or ihe slirine. the ">\ii!l that looks reward .Medina.' Ii Tvas the gift of the Sultaji A<\mv(] ! at the betiitj-nino; of the bcveiueeiuii century, and is valued by Al Battanovni! ar 'Wgyptiaii guineas. Tlio -tliet't of the <liamond', and the pillaging of the rest of tho treasure, writer; the French authority, will recall to lledina the darkest davs in its history ._ when in ]BOO the Wahhabitets inetho'dically sacked the mosque an 1 carried f;{'i its treasures, afterwards selling tlietu to their owners again.