History of the flag of the United States of America : and of the naval and yacht-club signals, seals, and arms, and principal national songs of the United States, with a chronicle of the symbols, standards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern nations (1894)
Preble, George Henry, 1816-1885 · Boston, Mass. ; New York, N.Y. : Houghton, Mifflin and Co. · leaf 91
]»y olthe Koranwritten by the Ca-liph Osnian III.In times ol peacethis banner isguarded in tlie hallof the Noble Aesti-ment, as tlie dresswliirh was worn bythe prophet isstyled. In tliesame liall are pre-served the sacredteeth, the holybeard, the sacredstirrup, the sabre,and the bow ofj\Iahomet.i… … The Doseh.2 garded as 1 An English author, ]\Ir. Tliornton, lias published, in his work on Turkey, copiousdetails relating to this standard, which the Turks, who hold it in the highest veneration,believe to be the original Mahomets standard from the temple of Mecca, — a delusioncarefully nursed by…
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