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lrnesi by trustworthy historians that the
standard for the Caliphs,e has tcrn al
ways kept with Extraordinary care and
re,ereuce-that even the janissaries, Who
are often disrrspectful TO their sultAns,
tremblsd at the sight Of this holy ensign.
Only one instance VI disrespcct to the
standard is related in the Turk
ish annals. This happened in 1858, when
Hassan Pachs, at the head of u seditious
faction, waged war with his legitimate
sovereign. The Sultan gave orders. as
usual. to display the banner of the Gait
phatc, with q view to induce Hassan
Pacha and his partisans to obey and re-
spect the head Of Islam. Hassan Pacha
seems to have been Of little faith, mas
much as when he saw the sacred banner
displayed he turned his back to it and to
the exborting Mullss, and gave orders to
his soldiers to fight fiercely and carry on
the war to the end.
l will not encrOach upon your time
with tiresOme discussions ON the genuine
ness of this green banner of the Cali
phate. only observe that in the first
place all the biographers OF Mohammed,
and also the reliable historians of
Islamim, both Orientals and Occidentals,
make no allusiOn whatever to a green
banner used by Mohammed in his mill
tary engagements. Elmacin mentions
only two flags, which were constantly
carried before Mohammed in the twenty
five campaigns in which he was personally
engaged. One was black and was called
'Al-'Okab"-i. O., the eagle; the other
was white and was called "Al Lewa"-
i. o., the standard par excellence. In the
second place, the banner used in former
times during the sultans' wars as the
standard Of the Csliphate we're Of different
colors, and had different notices inscribed |
on them. Several banners of the Cali.
hpate have been also taken in different
wars by Christians. One Of these was
captured by the King of Poland in the
year 1883 and sent to Rome to be pre-
sented to the Pope. The centerpiece was
Of gold brocade upon red ground, and
its borders were of silver brocade upon a
green ground. Upon one side was EN-.
broidered in Arabic the Mohammedan
'There is but one God, and
Mohammed is His Apostle" On the
other side was the following motto in
Arabic: "Have confidence in God, o
aud strengthen your faith"
Another standard Of the Caliphate was |
captured by the Venetians in the year
1885, with seventeen other banners, 800 |
horses, twenty. eight guns and other spoil.
This standard was, by the order of the
Venetian Senate, exposed in the church |
Of the Theatin Monks at Venice. On one
side Of it the following words were in
scribed in Arabic: "In the name Of
God, the most High and Almighty, God |
the Lord Of all things. and the honorable
prophets and saints Mohammed, Abube-
kir, Omar, Gilman and Ali" On the
other side was also written in Arabic:
There is but one God, and Mohammed !
10 his Apostle. 0 God our Lord. Thou |
art great in goodness and Thou art the |
Lord of all nations" 1t appears, there |
fore, from these historical facts, that the !
great standard now in the mosque Of
Eyoob, 1t Conssantinople, 10 not the same
ose used by Mohanmet in his military
engagements. And this seconds with the
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