Show HOLY KORAN TO BE GIVEN TO MOSLEMS Rare Old Book Now in Russia Russia Rus Rus- sia to Be Property of Socie Society y I April 20 According According to lu one of the latest test decrees derees of or the Hie workmen's and antl peasants peasants' government go I time the Holy Huh Koran of or Osman at present Is to tobe tobe to held b by the state slate public library be he handed over to the tho Moslem national organizations This great rarity which is be beyond all price was rescued at the storming of oC and was vas han handed ed over o to the care arc of oC the library b by the first Turkestan Governor General Kaufman In the time year ear The Time I Koran oran Is written In the tho Arabian language The Tho parchment parch parch- I ment manuscript was sas kepi In the Sa Sa- Sa- Sa mosque According to n a legend current I among the Koran was written U by Mohamet's in brother afterwards The Time law brother Oilman Osman was killed in his palace b by the Insurgent Incur Incur- gent enl populace a as he was wal reading the time Koran Kuran and to this day traces like discolored die dis colored bloodstain ma may mabe be seen on the tho book boole The Koran oran Is Is' Is estimated to be 1200 years old Experts of oC eastern script look Jook upon the time J Koran oran as tS one of the treasures of or the once famous li library It- It hrar collected In b by the time victorious Tamerlane I In lii Petrograd time the Koran has imas been the time object of man many pilgrimages From all parts partH of oC the time Moslem world worl the time faithful come to worship It The rhe public library guarded it Lt carefully but did all In tn Its power powel to satisfy the Moslem pilgrims i I II I I |