Inter-Mountain Republican | 1908-03-28 | Page 2 | Bedouins in Battle for Sacred Carpet

BEDOUINS IN BATTLE I FOR SACRED CARPET 4 1 i Ornament Attempt to Capture j tot for Tomb of Prophet I Mahomet I via vi London nl March 2 27 that a n. Moody bloody News s has Imas reached hero imore I battle was fought between Bedouins The Che hattie hat hat- of or Egyptians an and a l caravan tie tic arose over tho the desire of or hal I th tile the to capture tho the holy hoW carpet carpet car car- pet pat a n gorgeous piece of or rt TN d velvet with sold gold which cost a aye ayears ayears I ye years year's time to construct At least ten men were wel killed many wounded and andone I one gun captured Tho The carpet I III if Is made mado under the tIme supervision lon of or the tho II sultan suitan and when wimon completed i is turned over o to the E Egyptian pilgrims to place I upon the tomb of or the prophet at atI I Mecca Time Tho journey to Mecca Is a sacred acre on one but the thc pilgrims tal take lake c precautions precautions pre pre- cautions to protect themselves cS for time the trip is always hazardous At the expiration cx- cx of a n ar lUr another carpet has boon been woven wo and th the old one Is ts le- le placed with a fl now one The carrying Ing of tho the carpet from tIme the tomb hack back to I Cairo is attended with solemn rite rites and the U-ie celebration at the end of or the tle pe I journey journe is jg imposing and spectacular Arabs Turks Persiana Syrians I Nubians nc negroes rocs and amid British h Indians join in th the pilgrimage The fhe fierce I guardians of the time caravans arc fire the time 9 mount mounted and armed to the teeth with the clumsy weapons of or the time East The right to carry the carpet has hc boon been n handed down from camel to camel romel for tor centuries and centuries I