AN OTTOMAN RED SILK KABAA KISWA SAMADIYAH, TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY

AN OTTOMAN RED SILK KABAA KISWA SAMADIYAH, TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3001883

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 red silk ground with a large roundel enclosing in thuluth script Quran 112 surah Al-Ikhlas or Al-Tawhid, the elongated ' Lams ' interpersed with each other forming geometric desgins enclosing the name of Mahmud II. Further with a circular band containing cartouches enclosing Quran 48 surah al-Fatḥ v.1-v.3 and Kalimaat Altawhid. All surrounded by flower sprigs and arabesque with roundels of the names of the four Rashidun Caliphs on a red and green ground. 125 by 125 cm.