Item 01: Sam Norris war diary, 1 February 1915 -1 May 1915 - Page 56

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[Page 56]

& Silver dovetailed together. There is some wonderful dovetailing of stones here. The tomb cost  £6,000. In this Mosque there is  £52,000 of silver. Round each tomb there are several 5ft. solid silver stands each supporting a single electric light. In the first Mosque I described the workmen restoring it discovered 3 Korans which had been missing for 900 years. One was written by the Sultan himself & is marvellously preserved. Another belonged to his mother. They are exhibited in the second Mosque. One of them, the Mothers, rests upon a solid

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