AN OTTOMAN SILK KABAA KISWA SAMADIYAH, TURKEY, 19TH
An Ottoman Kaaba kiswa brocade or samadiyah, of square form placed always on the four corners of the Kaaba.
Embellished in silver and gilt wires on a black silk with a large roundel enclosing in thuluth script Quran 112 surah Al-Ikhlas or Al-Tawhid, to the centre four words of 'O, Allah'.
All surrounded by flower sprigs and arabesque on a red and green ground.
106 by 106 cm.
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An Ottoman Kaaba kiswa brocade or samadiyah, of square form placed always on the four corners of the Kaaba.
Embellished in silver and gilt wires on a black silk with a large roundel enclosing in thuluth script Quran 112 surah Al-Ikhlas or Al-Tawhid, to the centre four words of 'O, Allah'.
All surrounded by flower sprigs and arabesque on a red and green ground.
106 by 106 cm.
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