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" Constantinople, and serve to cover the tombs of the sultans and princes.* According to the historian of Medina, the curtain covers a square building of black stones, supported by two pillars, in the interior of which are the tombs of Mohammed, and his... "
Travels in Arabia: Comprehending an Account of Those Territories in Hadjaz ... - Page 153
by John Lewis Burckhardt - 1829
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Travels in Arabia: Comprehending an Account of Those Territories ..., Volume 2

John Lewis Burckhardt - Arabian Peninsula - 1829 - 454 pages
...tomb, so detached from the walls of the mosque, as to leave between it and the S. * The art of painting glass with durable colours seems never to have been...being that of Mohammed, and the one above it Abou Beker's. The historian says, that these tombs are deep holes ; and that the coffin which contains the...
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Chambers's pocket miscellany, Volumes 23-24

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1853 - 398 pages
...interior of which are the tombs of Mohammed, and his two earliest friends and immediate successors, Aben Beker and Omar. As far as I could learn here, these...of catafalques, like that of Ibrahim in the great mesque of Mecca.' The old European tradition of Mohammed's coffin being suspended in the air, is unknown...
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El-Medinah

Sir Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1855 - 456 pages
...right side, with the right palm supporting * Burckhardt, however, must be in error when he says " The tombs are also covered with precious stuffs, and in...catafalques, like that of Ibrahim in the great mosque of Meccah." The eunuchs positively declare that no one ever approaches the tomb, and that he who ventured...
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Madinah and Meccah

Sir Richard Francis Burton - Arabian Peninsula - 1856 - 514 pages
...about it, and preserving it as a relic. » Burckhardt, however, must be in error when he says, " The tombs are also covered with precious stuffs, and in...catafalques, like that of Ibrahim in the great mosque of Meccah." The eunuchs positively declare that no one ever approaches the tomb, and that he who ventured...
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Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah

Richard F. Burton, Sir Richard Francis Burton - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 490 pages
...agreed even upon so simple a point as this. i Burckhardt, however, must be in error when he says "The tombs are also covered with precious stuffs, and in...catafalques, like that of Ibrahim in the great Mosque of Meccah." The eunuchs positively declare that no one ever approaches the tomb, and that he who ventured...
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The Hajj: The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca and the Holy Places

F. E. Peters - Religion - 1996 - 460 pages
...or" which are the tombs of Muhammad, and his two earliest friends and immediate successors, Abu Baler and Omar. As far as I could learn here, these tombs are also covered with previous stuffs, and in the shape of catafalques, ¡ike that oí Ibrahim in the great mosque or Mecca.2''...
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