The Scimitar of the Prophet

The Scimitar of the Prophet (1913)

11 Apr 1913 • Drama, Short • 0h 18m
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While touring Egypt, Harris and his wife visit an old temple and are fascinated by a sacred scimitar, which, at the corner of a shrine, is religiously guarded by Hadjji, a Mohammedan priest. The wife is a curio fiend, and demands that Harris secure the scimitar, but the husband, having read in his guidebook that the scimitar was supposedly presented to the prophet in a vision and that the vengeance of Allah will follow whosoever disturbs it, begs her to abandon the foolish idea. She insists. That night Harris enters the temple with a rope ladder, steals the scimitar and escapes. In his flight he loses his hat, which is found by the horrified Hadjji. Hadjji follows the tourists to America, and posing as a rug merchant, gains access to their house, where the vengeance of Allah is fulfilled.


Writer
Earle Foxe, Alice Hollister, Robert G. Vignola
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Language: None, English
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Country: United States
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