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Curtain for the Internal Door of the Ka‘bah  wikidata:Q106411026 reasonator:Q106411026
Title
Curtain for the Internal Door of the Ka‘bah
label QS:Len,"Curtain for the Internal Door of the Ka‘bah"
label QS:Lar,"ستارة لباب الكعبة"
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Object type sitara Edit this at Wikidata
Description
العربية: ستارة لِباب الكعبة، صُنعت في القاهرة سنة 1311هـ. الأساس حريرٌ أخضر باهت، عليه مُطبَّقات حمراء وذهبيَّة، مُطرَّزة بالفضَّة والأسلاك الفضيَّة المُذهَّبة فوق حشوةٍ خُيُوطٍ قُطنيَّة.
English: Curtain for the Internal Door of the Ka‘bah (the Bab al-Tawbah). Cairo, Egypt dated 1311 AH (1893–4 AD) pale green silk, with red and gold-coloured silk appliqués, embroidered in silver and silver-gilt wire over cotton thread padding. 265 x 158cm. In the Khalili Collection of Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage, inventory number TXT 386. Described at https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/hajj-and-the-arts-of-pilgrimage/khalili-collection-hajj-and-the-arts-of-pilgrimage-curtain-for-the-internal-door-of-the-kabah-txt386/
Language Arabic Edit this at Wikidata
Date between 1893 and 1894
date QS:P,+1893-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1893-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1894-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium silk and cotton fabric Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 265 cm (104.3 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 158 cm (62.2 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+265U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+158U174728
institution QS:P195,Q63160499
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Place of creation Cairo Edit this at Wikidata
References https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/hajj-and-the-arts-of-pilgrimage/khalili-collection-hajj-and-the-arts-of-pilgrimage-curtain-for-the-internal-door-of-the-kabah-txt386/ (EnglishEdit this at Wikidata

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English: Curtain for the Internal Door of the Ka‘bah, 1893–4 Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
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Curtain for the Internal Door of the Ka‘bah, 1893–4

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