The lower cubic section surmounted by canopy in the form of a pyramid, of red, green and black silk profusely embroidered with silver and gilt-silver thread to each side. The lower cubic section surmounted by canopy in the form of a pyramid, of red, green and black silk profusely embroidered with silver and gilt-silver thread to each side. The lower section with large cartouches to each side enclosing Quran 3 surah Al-Imran v.96-v.97 in large thuluth script on a red ground, below to each side an inner mihraab with columns embellished with large cartouches on green silk ground enclosing Quran verses surah Al-Israa v.84, surah Al-Baqarah v.127 and the inscription of 'made during the reign of sultan Abdulmejid I in 1272 AH', surrounded by vines and floral sprays. The pyramid section to each side with a small cartouche embroidered with silver wires enclosing surah Al-Baqarah v.125 on a green ground, above a a cartouche containing surah Ibrahim v.35-v.36 on a silver embroidered ground. The border with a band of interlocking palmette motifs. 200 by 140 cm. CATALOGUE NOTE: Maqam Ibrahim (the Station of Abraham) is a small structure that houses the stone of Abraham and that Isma‘il are believed to have stood on while building the Kabaa. It is referred to in the Quran, "' and take the Station of Abraham as a place of prayer’ (surah al-Baqarah , verse 125). Its kiswah, like the Kabaa had been supplied annually by Egypt since Mamluk times. It consisted of four wall panels. They were embroidered with Quranic verses that read across from one to the other, in addition to the names of God, Muhammad, the four Orthodox caliphs, and the Prophet’s grandchildren, Hasan and Husayn. The verses, drawn from surahs al-Baqaraa( verses 125, 127 ) and Al -Imran ( verses 96–97), refer to the building of the Kabaa, to the Station of Abraham and to the duty men owe God in performing their Pilgrimage.