Show ID S. S MAY HELP IN DECIDING ARABIAN NIGHT LAND FATE Bagdad ad Built by Mansour g Established as Capital of Islam By Dr Sc wyn Brown Noted Traveler and Economist By Sp Special cial News Service NEW Yn March arch 17 In In the event of or tho the United States becoming he party to the the- great war we will have havea i a IL deciding voice In tho the partitioning atthe of at the Turkish provinces of oC Arabia rahl In this way wily America will hn hI conn connected con con- n In an historical sense with wIlli the theland theland land lend of oC tho the caliph and tho ho hopen pen personages nago of or th the Arabian Nights The British conquest of ot Ba Bagdad dad tho tiro emperor of ot India King tome George e of oC Britain the successor of ot Id Haroun el When the British troops entered the famous city on tho thin TI thero there were few evidences of ot its Us former magnificence magnificence mus cence among It Its present dilapidated and Dampening brick hacks But Dut standing outside 1 amidst st the modern ruins the they could Fee ee unmistakable signs of ot tho the city's former greatness Near the river rl hank bank II of the the- a little above tho the CH dry end of or I the bridge c of or boats there Is 13 part pait of or a wall built o of sun dried bearing the namo name of or King r. r Thin shows that even In the tho time of or that great reat king there wa wui settlement and end trading town wh whre rc Bagdad now Jaw t The great nl Bagdad h C of or history was waa built by Caliph Mansour lie Ile c 11 it as ns tho thu capital of t Islam lilam and awl Attracted I there therl the loading followers of hornet In A A. D Da Bagda 1 was tho the most famous city In tho ho cast eat ms from Asia and J Europe nn business thus thuie e c. its Iti many magnificent mosques attracted pilgrims pil pit trims grims from nIl all Mohammedan an countries The luxury and splendor of oC Ute Inn tal- tal courts reached HB its prime In the time of oC el cl Haroun scribed l In the tho Arabian Nights The caliphs succeeding were wen decedents decadents and lost their their- caliphate Inthe In the lie year 1277 1271 w wh hen n the Mongols Mongol sucked sacked tho the city cilY and destroyed Its it- finest historical his his- historical monuments lh The Tho caliph trans trans- his residence to Egypt an and tho the caliphate remained there until the tho sixteenth sixteenth six- six te nth century when It was v trans trans- transferred forred to th tho tha sultans of oC Turkey In In Constantinople I |