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11/25/08

KISWA , the Magnificent Cover for KAABA












The House of ALLAH in Makkah , The Kaa'ba is covered by a black cloth known as 'Kiswa', which is produced & changed every year.
Special factory designed for the making of Kiswa in Makkah. It costs approx. SR 17million.
The cloth is made of 670 kgs of silver dyed black, about 120 kgs of pure gold & 50 kgs of silver used in writing the Qur'anic verses over the cloth.
The total area of the cloth is 658 sqr meters.

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