Show diat ln AL 8 WIFE TX til mystery or tile tie inife on en hiar c the ill mot 0 it mysterious feature in the one of the lady zobeyda wife of harun al rashid at present domiciled in the neighborhood of baker street is ia tile the date this ettone is of tile the u ual oblong shape hut but rather small about eighteen inches high by thirteen broad arid and is co cred ith five lines of inscription in the oil en tt a hers the writer writings digs is of a more flexuous style thau would bo be expected at so earl a feriod p briod but this may be accorn ed cd for by persian influences tl ti translation of the inscription is follows this tiep is the grave or of the deceit c 70 zo ayda khatun laughter I 1 of jal jai far son soil Abdallah of elman el man mansu u son eon of mohammed soil pon of ari for of AbIn flah son of el abbas it I 1 died it in yusuf the dots indicate a pair of ol 01 short iii written sideway which probably indicate that th inscription was chi selled by a cei tain yusuf put but the curious point is that the lady adv 7 obeida Zob eydi ahr ia thus record cd d to have died in ill of the ilija ilij a ac accordine cordin to all the aral ic hibdon ans till ab tal ra badly in this year 6 died untim ji jafar if ar that ahr t bacina r t the lie name naine bv which zobeyda wal wa oni on conly known there is riot not the f doubts doubt that sie se outlived her son soil I el aigin she to have a tombstone announcing her decease in of the genuineness of thero there can call he be no doubt it was brought brou glit liy by dr 11 helpern elpern from the actual tomb or mosque of zobeyda at baghdad Bagli dad an all interesting crestine int building said to havn have becil erected I 1 as was the fashion fasli ion of those tiniest times by tile the good harun harm nl 11 rashid in tender preparation for tile demise of his distinguished and now unhappily in 1 y f fallen I 1 a 11 I 1 el to such a decay deca y hat the re beirl 11 of so BO precious a stone was unnoticed it is possible possible os sible that the mason on cn trusted w with ith the work ind and corny lleti D it a year or two after har uns death in ignorantly or carcI carelessly essly inserted the figures with the intention of recording reco t dino the c fate of completion not of cf d death ea th lut that sue shuh li a mistake should lave occurred in the tombstone of such a princess as the etabel bobey da passes comprehension it would be worth while to search the histories for any st statements aten jents that bat might nii lit throw light li ailt upon the mystery r |