Mahdis Tomb Relics
$850.00
Sudan
19th century
Box Height 2” Length 7 1/2” Width 3”
Coin Diameter 1 1/2”
Provenance: Admiral Phipps Hornby, Lordington House, Chichester
Michael Graham Stewart, London
Label inscription: “Piece of the Mahdi’s Tomb at Khartoum, in Sudan and one of his coins. The box is made from the wood out of the castle on Faroun Island, Gulf of Akaba, built by “Saladin” when driven out of Palestine during the Crusades.”