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The Kiswa

كسوة الكعبة

The Kaaba's gold-embroidered black covering, renewed yearly — a tradition from pre-Islamic Arabia to the modern Mecca workshop.

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Sacred space and pilgrimageArts of the book

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al-Qullays (the Yemeni Kaaba)· Dar al-Nadwa· Dhu al-Khalasa (the 'Ka'ba of Yemen')· The Kaaba· The offices of Quraysh at Mecca· The Raising of the Kaaba’s Foundations· The burial of the Prophet· The change of the qibla

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al-Qullays (the Yemeni Kaaba)

The church Abraha built in Yemen to divert the Arabs’ pilgrimage from Mecca — the ambition that led to the elephant campaign. Al-Hamdani's native tradition names it, with Ghumdan, the twin monument of Sana'a and ascribes its building to Bilqis.