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An inscription recording the introduction of a new rain gutter to the Kaaba
(نقش يسجل تقديم الميزاب المطري الجديد للكعبة)

Title	An inscription recording the introduction of a new rain gutter to the Kaaba
Title Original	نقش يسجل تقديم الميزاب المطري الجديد للكعبة
Publication Date:	Approximately 1855-6
Publication Place	- Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Subject	Ink and gold on paper with a silk edge, thuluth calligraphy
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	20.5 × 155 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	CAL 300
Record ID	object;EPM;uk;Mus22;45;ar
Library Location	Al-Khalili Family Trust - Nasser D. Collection. Al-Khalili Islamic Art
Date	Approximately 1855-6
Notes	This full-sized inscription is the first of three lines written on the Mizab al-Rahma - the rain gutter located on the Kaaba - which was commissioned by the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Majid in 1856 and installed in 1859. The current inscription, which is a wonderful interlacing of letter shapes, bears witness to the skill of the master calligrapher Abdullah Zuhdi, who was known as the scribe of the Two Holy Mosques. Sultan Abdul Majeed also ordered Abdullah Zuhdi to redesign the inscriptions in the mosque. The Prophet in Medina. He began work there in 1856 and it took him seven years to complete. Zuhdi spent the last part of his life in Cairo, where he redesigned the patterns on the many embroidered fabrics sent from Cairo to Mecca with the Kiswa.
Sample Text	“An inscription recording the introduction of a new rain gutter to the Kaaba” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;45;ar

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An inscription recording the introduction of a new rain gutter to the Kaaba

(نقش يسجل تقديم الميزاب المطري الجديد للكعبة)

Publication Date Approximately 1855-6

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

Subject Ink and gold on paper with a silk edge, thuluth calligraphy

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 20.5 × 155 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID CAL 300

Record ID object;EPM;uk;Mus22;45;ar

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

Date Approximately 1855-6

Notes This full-sized inscription is the first of three lines written on the Mizab al-Rahma - the rain gutter located on the Kaaba - which was commissioned by the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Majid in 1856 and installed in 1859. The current inscription, which is a wonderful interlacing of letter shapes, bears witness to the skill of the master calligrapher Abdullah Zuhdi, who was known as the scribe of the Two Holy Mosques. Sultan Abdul Majeed also ordered Abdullah Zuhdi to redesign the inscriptions in the mosque. The Prophet in Medina. He began work there in 1856 and it took him seven years to complete. Zuhdi spent the last part of his life in Cairo, where he redesigned the patterns on the many embroidered fabrics sent from Cairo to Mecca with the Kiswa.

Sample Text “An inscription recording the introduction of a new rain gutter to the Kaaba” within Explore Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;uk;Mus22;45;ar