Curtain for the Door of the Ka‘bah
Item
Title
Curtain for the Door of the Ka‘bah
Description
Adorned with red and green silk appliqués and beautiful inscriptions of surah al-Ikhlas (112), surah al-Naml (27:30), surah al-Isra’ (17:80), surah al-Fath (48:27) and the shahada, this kiswa acts as a cover over the Ka’bah.
Creator
Patron: Sultan Abdülmejid I
Temporal Coverage
1855–6 AD (1272 AH)
Spatial Coverage
Cairo, Egypt
Type
Image
Date Created
Unknown
Source
https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/hajj-and-the-arts-of-pilgrimage/khalili-collection-islamic-art-curtain-for-the-door-of-the-kabah-txt249/
Contributor
Zayna Shams
Rights
Khalili Collections
