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Show I Want to Be Rich? Decipher This and Find the Hidden TreasiireTofTmam QUii TN the strange diagrammatic map made prisoners, they were unable ' 1 wr , m. J& fiAAlClfiflJI J&lCl & MllIWWI' ' ( TN the strange diagrammatic map I here shown may be the clue ' to the hiding place of millions of dollars' worth of treasure. One of the most deplorable opl-Bodes opl-Bodes of the recent invasion of Persia by RusBia during the j tihuster regime was the sacking Hr, by the Russians of the ancient shrine of Imam Mza. This shrine, over a thousand years old, wa3 known to contain a wonderful collection of precious titones, silver and gold ornaments and other valuables, donated by de-I de-I voted Mohammedans from time to Hj umo. Among the treasures was H1 an extremely largo sapphire worth H.'! no less than a million dollaro. Hr iuu tierceness with which the Cossack regiment descended upon the shrine can be explained, 'f although, of course, not justified, by tho knowledge of the existence H"' of ibis treasure, for in the carnage Hi which ensued defenceless wor- H:; shippers who made no attempt at j resistance were butchered in cold 'i blood. j t Fortunately for the Persians, Hh they had been warned of the 'i threatened assault, and long bo- ,j torn the Cossacks arrived, the Prln- H:i cipal part of the treasure had been Hi eately removed from the shrine and H;i secretly Interred by tho dignlta- ' rieB of the Mohammedan Church. As a result, despite the utmost H, cruelties practised by tho Cossacks on the worshippers whom they i made prisoners, they were unable to obtain the hiding place of the ' asure, but, concealed on the person of one of them was found the strange drawing shown on this Page, and which, it was concluded, was really a map, a proper interpretation inter-pretation of which would reveal the hiding place of the treasure. The unfortunate Persian upon whom the map was found was Mirza Tahlr, a watchmaker of Meshed. He wa3 seized by the Russians and imprisoned, but despite de-spite all tho tortureB to which he was subjected ho refused to divulge tho meaning of the map, declaring obstinately that it was simply a prophetic picture 'which he had made upon hearing of the threatened threat-ened sacking of the shrine. Study of the picture reveals that the watchmaker's explanation 1b quite plausible. The picture shows half of the old court of the abrlne. In the upper left hand corner cor-ner are corpses, and lower down more dead bodies are seen being carried out. A Russian soup wagon with Its Bmokestack, a commissariat com-missariat W3?rn and two dogs are seen in tho lower part of the left half of the picture. In tho upper right hand corner Is a crowd of prisoners, including some women. Below are ceon a Kusslau killing a Persia. Wtn an axo, RuBEian soldiers, cavalry horses and wagons, three cannons, one of which is u machine gun v ranged on the tomb; a horse and carriage and two Russian ladles. N'ovp-iinW, the drawing bears every ear-mark rf aud there Is urn J5 a map' far greater slgniflcan ' ?8 the hid? T ,ay thG 8ecret of nrLnir Q, troaBure that every Sen n'akea durlnS subsequent subse-quent engagements was intarrn-rated intarrn-rated concerning it but as fa? as Is known, their efforts we! 'unsuc- N6riW Sti31 ln bopsosslon of., rsorthern Persia, and the groat nuEs an Secret Service is Ttill faking every effort to unravel the eecroc of the map. The shrine of Imam Blza was me r-.oc. sacred edifice of the Mo-Uammedans Mo-Uammedans iu Persia. For eleven orthe'wl'r,111060 tbe MecS of the faithful in Persia, into its shrine room they have aunualy poureu iui- more than a thousand years tho richest jewels of tho Orient as religious offerings! Not rifles and gU&Kg CLtl tho famouB temnle KfDJii i! mcn orljMl LIT, 1?. i med were kept there, m HjBiJJt other booKs of tba most jMf-literaturo jMf-literaturo of Perch. Tto itself was the most splepdU g( pin of Persian architecture. Except for the treaP"j!H'(l were removed in time, tho KlHL seized everything of TalWKj.CP' stroy'ed the great tempi pjet burned the sacred shrine. a The Russian CoBsacka kt the treasurer, the Uu.. TiBfe chief aoorkeeper ot hi .R- Place, and did overytnii &J could to force thorn to JMArc treasures of art, Dooks JLKik which the shr.lne was WM8 house. The map was UieoniXlW they obtained, however, ftoai Meshed Is a city of ab0.ut,Mf. te Inhabitants, but is vlsKfWkw., by about 100,0000 PNRTT; shrine in question was memory of All ar Riza, tf'.Sg' n Imam Musa. Rlza web 770 A. D., and at the asa ijpiap succeeded to the office oi XIPeiit loader of the ShMtes. tat The exact date of tha J3P?. ; of the tomb is somewhat TOB but additions wera made "Mfo Ing many conturiee ansr HtlUaj Riza's death. , ... iBKi The vaulted donie of 5Jjoa was one of the most iJWHsj, sights iu Persia. It XaiW?ii torquolse tiles, ombell lew jmJ girdle of arabosque .,MCViknlc' The minarera uf tae vjtj' were embossed with SJJt bluo tile effect was ".SiC the facades of the aUpWc mosques. Ml |