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A section of the Kaaba covering
(قسم من كسوة الكعبة)

Title	A section of the Kaaba covering
Title Original	قسم من كسوة الكعبة
Publication Date:	Late nineteenth or early twentieth century
Publication Place	- Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Subject	Lampas silk, with satin ground and a silk pattern that is soft to the touch
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	158 × 89 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	TXT 38
Record ID	object;EPM;uk;Mus22;47;ar
Library Location	Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date	Late nineteenth or early twentieth century
Notes	The pattern consists of zigzag bands that alternately surround the Shahada (There is no god but God and Muhammad is the Messenger of God) and the invocation “O God, may He be glorified in His glory,” the latter written in reverse script. It is possible that the layout was designed by the master calligrapher, Abdullah Zuhdi, who was known as the scribe of the Two Holy Mosques. Egypt used to supply the kiswah for the Kaaba every year, almost without interruption, but since the beginning of the 1970s, the kiswah has been woven in a special workshop in Mecca.
Sample Text	“A section of the Kaaba covering” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;47;ar

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A section of the Kaaba covering

(قسم من كسوة الكعبة)

Publication Date Late nineteenth or early twentieth century

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

Subject Lampas silk, with satin ground and a silk pattern that is soft to the touch

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 158 × 89 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID TXT 38

Record ID object;EPM;uk;Mus22;47;ar

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

Date Late nineteenth or early twentieth century

Notes The pattern consists of zigzag bands that alternately surround the Shahada (There is no god but God and Muhammad is the Messenger of God) and the invocation “O God, may He be glorified in His glory,” the latter written in reverse script. It is possible that the layout was designed by the master calligrapher, Abdullah Zuhdi, who was known as the scribe of the Two Holy Mosques. Egypt used to supply the kiswah for the Kaaba every year, almost without interruption, but since the beginning of the 1970s, the kiswah has been woven in a special workshop in Mecca.

Sample Text “A section of the Kaaba covering” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;47;ar