A GREEN KISWA FRAMGENT, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3001938

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.