Treasures of Islam: Sepulchers at Mecca

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 16, 1877

Treasures of Islam: Sepulchers at Mecca

The Paris Patrie gives some particulars about the “treasures of Islam.” It says that all the pilgrims who visit Mecca cast an offering into the three sepulchers for the defense of Islam. The writer calculates that not less than $3,000,000 a year are thus contributed; and adds that from one of the sepulchers, which was opened

in 1829, immense sums were drawn. Another sepulcher was opened during the Crimean war, and now the Sheik-ul-Islam has gone to Mecca to draw from the third, which has not been opened since 1415. Taking the three sepulchers together, it is computed that they must contain about $120,000,000.