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Tulsa Daily World. Nov 20 1915

Nov 20 1915 Huge turn out when the Holy Islamic Carpet makes its way from Cairo to Mecca.

The Translation of the Holy Carpet in Cairo Painting by Makovsky K.Y.

The holy carpet of kiswah, a relic for all Muslims, is used to cover the most sacred shrine of Islam, the Ka’bah in Mecca. Every year the best Egyptian masters wove and embroidered a holy carpet to be transferred to Mecca. The carpet was placed into a special reliquary called mahmal that was fixed on a camel’s back. The train walked around the streets of Cairo surrounded by pilgrims and believers and then left for Mecca. In the end of hadj the pilgrims received small parts of the carpet and brought them home to different parts of the world. Upon return the pilgrim were usually met by festive crowds of Cairo citizens. The meeting ritual celebrated the return of the pilgrims and the mahmal that was considered sacred.

From the time of the Ayyubids, precisely during the reign of as-Salih Ayyub, the Kiswah was manufactured in Egypt, with material sourced locally as well as from Sudan, India, and Iraq. The Amir al-Hajj (commander of the hajj caravan), who was directly designated by the sultans of the Mamluk, and later, Ottoman Empires, transported the Kiswah from Egypt to Mecca on an annual basis.[5] The tradition continued until 1927, when its manufacture was moved to Saudi Arabia.

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#Umrah2019 : Beautiful View of the Kiswah, Kaaba, House of Allah, Makkah. Visit - https://www.mzahidtravel.com/

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#Umrah2019: Black Stone, New Kiswah, Masjid-Al-Haram, Kaaba, Makkah. Visit - mzahidtravel.com

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Gorgeous View of the Kaab Door Lock, Kiswah, Makkah!!! Visit - https://www.mzahidtravel.com/

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Ramadan 2018 Special Pic - Massive Crowd Near House of Allah, Kaaba, Makkah. visit - https://www.mzahidtravel.com/