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Camel livery for the Egyptian loader
(كسوة جمل للمحمل المصري)

Title	Camel livery for the Egyptian loader
Title Original	كسوة جمل للمحمل المصري
Publication Date:	19th century
Publication Place	- Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Subject	Red silk, relief embroidered with silver wire and gilded with silver over cotton thread padding, silk lining, silver sheen, cotton lining
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	سم 53 × 100( الأبعاد الأعظمية باستثناء الكسوة)
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	TXT 541
Record ID	object;EPM;uk;Mus22;34;ar
Library Location	Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date	19th century
Notes	The camel that would carry the Egyptian loader was specially chosen for its shape as well as its strength. He was sought out and selected by a special employee at the Kiswa House and was draped in richly embroidered fabrics as he paraded through the streets of Cairo and other major cities on his way to Mecca and back. The Qur’anic inscription from Surah An-Nahl, verse 7 is spot on. He says, “And you carry your burdens to a country where you did not reach it except with difficulty. Indeed, your Lord is Most Compassionate, Most Merciful. “The cotton lining bears the trademark of a company in Manchester, England, consisting of an open hand bearing the name, perhaps Abraham Hrawi, in Arabic.
Sample Text	“Camel cladding for the Egyptian camel” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;34;ar

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Camel livery for the Egyptian loader

(كسوة جمل للمحمل المصري)

Publication Date 19th century

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

Subject Red silk, relief embroidered with silver wire and gilded with silver over cotton thread padding, silk lining, silver sheen, cotton lining

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions سم 53 × 100( الأبعاد الأعظمية باستثناء الكسوة)

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID TXT 541

Record ID object;EPM;uk;Mus22;34;ar

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

Date 19th century

Notes The camel that would carry the Egyptian loader was specially chosen for its shape as well as its strength. He was sought out and selected by a special employee at the Kiswa House and was draped in richly embroidered fabrics as he paraded through the streets of Cairo and other major cities on his way to Mecca and back. The Qur’anic inscription from Surah An-Nahl, verse 7 is spot on. He says, “And you carry your burdens to a country where you did not reach it except with difficulty. Indeed, your Lord is Most Compassionate, Most Merciful. “The cotton lining bears the trademark of a company in Manchester, England, consisting of an open hand bearing the name, perhaps Abraham Hrawi, in Arabic.

Sample Text “Camel cladding for the Egyptian camel” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;34;ar