Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1892-02-08
! MOHAMllED'S WRITING.
One OF tho Most venoratod Relics
OF Islam O Forgery.
Intense Excitement Pcrvadins tho En-
4. tiro aIohan, m cdan World Over
tho Discovery OF tho
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alone in Turkey, but also in India,
Java, central Asia and China, 10 ct
present In state Of fcr,ncnt and CO.
citcEcnt, caused by the Gi7covcry that
one of tho most vcncratcd relics pre-
served here ut STEAMBOAT is for~cry,
says Constantinoplc letter to The New
York Times. Tho relic il question Is
letter which has hitherto been regarded
ns being in tho handwriting of tho
prophet Mohararncd himself. It was
discovered by the French oricntali5t,
Stephen Darthclcmy. so:aH fifty years
ago, in a Co7tic monastery in E.~vr7t.
1t IS q parchment covered with Cutie
writinr, and which, after having been
dcciphcrcd with great difficulty, was
found to consist Of p dcna1l addressed
by the prophet EIohamracd to the row
crnor or c2liph of Egypt, TO the effect
that tho latter, rs we'll a3 the CcptS,
should become converted to LGlnrnicia.
1t had been we'll known mp to tho tirac
of tho discovery of the document that q
letter of this kind had been addressed
by tho prophet to the Govcraor Of
Egypt. No one, however, dreamed
that tho original was still il existence.
and I'll imagincd that nothing had rc-
maiacd Gavo copies. The to::t of TIC
latter was found By the scientists and
Mohararncdaa th"olo~lnns to be i,lcati-
cal with That Of the t.ocu,ncnt found by
M. Barth"l"-av, 2-.d acccwlin~,y TIC.
Gultln, yicldiar t. the r:.,rcat cntrAaties
of the MohaIlr, ',l;,:!3 throughout the
world, pnrc' .aGcl TIC parchment for
about 100000 ami pl~ccd it in the
holy shrine 1T tho imperial trees
NyN.rY Of LI-5lC ~. al x--SJ NJ
standard end TIC "r:.t Of tho prophet.
It's lack CT r;1'', ~ ~ haa now. been
definitely pro- T. g" an'',"" ction CT
tho su!t..a. OF t. .i'i>:; n I'm, and
of the lcadil~c '.''.>.>,..~l II G:virc3
.oricntaI:Gt, Dr.. J. ,..,'1, who h;..;
been able e. a,o;"'',; iA."'".'D.- >-'ciblc
evidence in coTl''".,;i&a with TIC nc"l
and t!.c c:laruc:a,'r-; 4 t'rc lc:t>r3 that &
was "rcly oac Of the coDics made
three huadrch or four hundred ycrrc
aro by ono C TIC r'.-'.,"r- l,o-an COPY.
lists who Mrou':h g: ,.'cn ...c'!i.:a. and
Cairo. Tic r,;:.,5 80 e Tho tlocu1a"at
has been rcr2ovcd from the Solt!cr
shrine co3t::t:-:i1.c the Othcr relies of
MohGr.rncd ard relocated 10 obac"-'ity
nnG ol>iFvion ;TiG,r-r'rTG. The u;!Csticn
now GrL-isS IL W ~ Lea &C" J:lG TACT b!IIL
It has been allowed 10 lie on the
prophets co::t fer nN"-''y h2l; = century
las not contaminated und d>5ccra.al
tho holy gurrnc1t. The lattcr WAS
brought to this city by Gult:n Gclirn I.
in 1919 along with thc l:cvs Of TIC cities
Of Mecca and Medina from Cairo, where
they had been preserved until that time
In tho Keeping of tho caliphs. 1t is q
kind of ''cii.zra," or robe with flowintr
Stoves Ii!1c those worn II tho Lcvant
by those whom VIC arc accustomed to
designate rs Turks Of tho old school"
1t is needless to add that Its color is
green, the hue of nllotllers sacred
to the prophet. and tho extent to which
it Is voncratod by all true believers may
be estimated by tho fact that tho prin-
cip@l and most highly cherished title Of
sultan IL that Of "Iludun al hurcmecn, ="
or guardian Of tho holy relic" I may
add in conclusion that, according to- tho
MohammcdGn tradition, the cont in
question was presented by the prophet
to n Yemen dcrvish of the NAM of Yves
cl-Hnrani as token of gratitude for
his services in first discovering tho use
and preparation of coffee.