A GREEN KISWA FRAMGENT, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
A fragment of sacred kiswa for the inner wall of the Radwa-i Mutahhara in Al-Masjid An-Nabawi with an inscribed weave in cream-colored silk over a green ground.Embellished with undulating bands running from the beginning to the end of the cloth. The inscriptions:- Quran 33 surah Al-Ahzab v.40- ‘Kalimaat al-Tawhid, There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his Prophet’. - Quran 33 surah Al-Ahzab v.56- Blessings of Allah upon Muhammed, his family and his companions, and grant him peace.83 by 71 cm.
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A fragment of sacred kiswa for the inner wall of the Radwa-i Mutahhara in Al-Masjid An-Nabawi with an inscribed weave in cream-colored silk over a green ground.Embellished with undulating bands running from the beginning to the end of the cloth. The inscriptions:- Quran 33 surah Al-Ahzab v.40- ‘Kalimaat al-Tawhid, There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his Prophet’. - Quran 33 surah Al-Ahzab v.56- Blessings of Allah upon Muhammed, his family and his companions, and grant him peace.83 by 71 cm.