1778_MAHMAL_Mecca Saudi Arabia_Holy Carpet_Cairo_ISLAM_KA\'ABA_Muslims_MIDDLETON
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1778_MAHMAL_Mecca Saudi Arabia_Holy Carpet_Cairo_ISLAM_KA\'ABA_Muslims_MIDDLETON:
$199.00
Mahmal (Holy Carpet) from Cairo to Masjid Haram, Mecca
HAND-COLORED
Original - Not a reproduction
Original antique engraving view of transporting the Mahmal (Holy Carpet) from Cairo to Masjid Haram, Mecca [Makkah]
Printed in 1778 in Englandfor Middleton\'s Complete System Geography
\"The March of the Grand Caravan from Cairo to Mecca\"
The Mahmal was carried on a camel and was the center piece of the annual Muslim pilgrimage caravan from Cairo to Mecca.It was embroidered with gold threads and was designed to decorate the Ka’aba in Mecca. Before leaving Cairo for the Hajj, the Mahmal was paraded in the streets and watched by thousands. After the collapse of the Mamluk Empire in 1517, the tradition of the Mahmal was continued by Ottoman sultans.
Framed size: 18\" x 14\". Hand colored.
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1778_MAHMAL_Mecca Saudi Arabia_Holy Carpet_Cairo_ISLAM_KA\'ABA_Muslims_MIDDLETON:
$199.00