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 . of becoming a prey tocruel enemies ! Any Moslem, therefore, who refuses to take up armsand follow this holy Bairok is an infidel amenable to death. Accord-ing to another account, it is carefully preserved in the seraglio, ina case built into the wall on tlie right-hand side as you enter the 62 TllK SYMBOLS, STANDAKDS. AN1> IlANNKKS chamb
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 . of becoming a prey tocruel enemies ! Any Moslem, therefore, who refuses to take up armsand follow this holy Bairok is an infidel amenable to death. Accord-ing to another account, it is carefully preserved in the seraglio, ina case built into the wall on tlie right-hand side as you enter the 62 TllK SYMBOLS, STANDAKDS. AN1> IlANNKKS chamber in which i-s the grand seigniors suniniur-l>ed. The standardis twelve feet high, and the golden ornament, a closed hand, which surmounts it, holdsaco]»y olthe Koranwritten by the Ca-liph Osnian 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\ Everytime this standardis displayed, by acustom which hasbecome law, all whohave attained theage of seventeenwho profess the]\Iahometan faithare obhged to takeup arms, those wdiorefuse being re-infidels. The 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 their modern rulers, though history describes many standards ofvarious colors which have served in its place, the original of which was white, then black,and lastly of gi-een silk. 2 Suspecting the above cut was an exaggeration of tliis Turkish ceremony, I wrote thethe Eev. Cyrus Hamlin, , President of tlie Bangor Theological Seminary, and long aresident of Constantinople, who, under date Feb. 24, 1879, replied, The engraving is an O
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