Show A book worth the only gold and silver bound alamond incrusted book in the world was lately enshrined in the holy mohammedan city of ruza persia the book is of course a copy of the and is a gift from abd ur rahman emir of afghanistan the covers of this unique volume the sides of which are nine and a half by four inches are of solid gold plates one eighth of an inch in thickness lined with silver sheets of the same thickness the centerpiece as well as the corners are symbolic designs wrought in diamonds rubies and pearls the center figure is a crescent with a star between its points the whole design being composed of one hundred and nine small diamonds one hundred and sixty seven pearls and one hundred and twenty two rubles alic diamonds on each corner which are almost hidden in their golden setting and the orange colored lacquer with which they are fastened are about five thousand dollars the book itself is on parchment entirely written by hand it is valued at one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars there is said to have been over one hundred thousand visitors present in isanan ruza the day the holy relic was en shrines shri ned |