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Section of the Kaaba belt
(قسم من حزام الكعبة)

Title	Section of the Kaaba belt
Title Original	قسم من حزام الكعبة
Publication Date:	The day is over
Publication Place	- Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Subject	Black silk with added pieces of pale green silk, machine embroidered with gold and silver threads faux cotton thread lining
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	590 × 90 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	TXT 39A
Record ID	object;EPM;uk;Mus22;40;ar
Library Location	Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date	The day is over
Notes	The belt is a patterned band that surrounds the top of the Kaaba. During the Ottoman era, it was made of eight parts - two on each wall - and this section is for the southern part. It is embroidered with Surah Al-Imran (3), verses 95-97, and the text refers to the religion of Abraham, “Indeed, the first house appointed for the people is the one in Bakkah” and the shrine of Abraham. The kiswa and its many elements have been supplied annually, with few exceptions, since the Fatimid era. The incident that took place in Mina during the Hajj in 1926 led to a break in the relationship between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. As the Hajj season approached the following year without a kiswah arriving from Egypt, King Abdul Aziz requested one to be made in the kiswah workshop in Mecca. Because of the short time frame, the belt from which this piece was made had to be embroidered on a machine.
Sample Text	“A section of the Kaaba belt” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;40;ar

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Section of the Kaaba belt

(قسم من حزام الكعبة)

Publication Date The day is over

Publication Place - Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Subject Black silk with added pieces of pale green silk, machine embroidered with gold and silver threads faux cotton thread lining

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 590 × 90 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID TXT 39A

Record ID object;EPM;uk;Mus22;40;ar

Library Location Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art

Date The day is over

Notes The belt is a patterned band that surrounds the top of the Kaaba. During the Ottoman era, it was made of eight parts - two on each wall - and this section is for the southern part. It is embroidered with Surah Al-Imran (3), verses 95-97, and the text refers to the religion of Abraham, “Indeed, the first house appointed for the people is the one in Bakkah” and the shrine of Abraham. The kiswa and its many elements have been supplied annually, with few exceptions, since the Fatimid era. The incident that took place in Mina during the Hajj in 1926 led to a break in the relationship between Egypt and Saudi Arabia. As the Hajj season approached the following year without a kiswah arriving from Egypt, King Abdul Aziz requested one to be made in the kiswah workshop in Mecca. Because of the short time frame, the belt from which this piece was made had to be embroidered on a machine.

Sample Text “A section of the Kaaba belt” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;40;ar