The Order of the Nobles of the Mvstic Shrine was 
established at Mecca, Arabia, in the year 5459 (in the
year of our Lord 1608.) The ritual was compiled, 
arranged and issued at Aleppo, Arabia, by Louis Mar- 
racei, the great Latin translator of Mohammed's 
Alkoran. 
The order was revived and instituted at Cairo, 

Egypt, in 5598 (equivalent to Jane 14, 1837). 
This order was, primarily instituted for the purpose 
of promoting the organization and perfection of an 
Arabian and Egyptian Inquisition, or vigilance com-
mittee, to dispense justice and execute punishments 
upon criminals whom the tardy law did not reach to 
the measure of their crime. 
Being designed to embrace the entire pale  of the 
law, and composed of the sterling men of the day who