Picture No | 10193055 |
Date | 1879 |
Description | KORAN FAILS TO PROTECT |
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Two Mollahs are killed during the battle of Debouruk, in the Egyptian war, despite holding the Koran before them - the British Martini-Henry bullets pierce both books and bodies.
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Source | Engraving by an unnamed artist in the Graphic 10 May 1879 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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