Kiswah of the Kaaba
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The Kiswah of the Kaaba is the large, black silk cloth intricately embroidered with Quranic verses in gold that annually drapes and adorns Islam’s holiest sanctuary in Mecca.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic religious object
ⓘ
religious artifact ⓘ sacred covering ⓘ textile ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Kaaba door
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Masjid al-Haram sanctuary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRitual |
Hajj pilgrimage
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Umrah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Islamic art
ⓘ
sacred textiles ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Saudi government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| covers | Kaaba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
symbol of Islamic unity
ⓘ
symbol of the sanctity of the Kaaba ⓘ |
| decoratedWith |
Quranic verses
ⓘ
gold embroidery ⓘ |
| earlierProducers | various Muslim rulers ⓘ |
| earlierProductionCenters |
Egypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasColor | black ⓘ |
| hasColorDetail |
gold calligraphy
GENERATED
ⓘ
silver thread accents GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Hizam (embroidered belt)
ⓘ
Sitara (door curtain) NERFINISHED ⓘ embroidered Quranic panels ⓘ |
| hasMaterial | silk ⓘ |
| inscribedWith |
Shahada
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
supplications ⓘ various Quranic verses ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Masjid al-Haram NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCity | Mecca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Saudi Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownership | custodians of the Two Holy Mosques ⓘ |
| producedBy | King Abdulaziz Complex for Holy Kaaba Kiswah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionLocation | Mecca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to cover the Kaaba
ⓘ
to honor and adorn the Kaaba ⓘ |
| relatedObject | interior Kiswah of the Kaaba ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| replacedEvery | year ⓘ |
| replacedOnIslamicDate | 9 Dhu al-Hijjah ⓘ |
| replacedOnOccasion | Hajj NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shape | rectangular textile panels ⓘ |
| status | unique to the Kaaba ⓘ |
| usedSince | early Islamic period ⓘ |
| visibility | visible to pilgrims in Masjid al-Haram ⓘ |
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