A painting on textile The upper register of the roundel shows a topographic view of Mecca with its large mosque in the centre surrounded by city hoes and hills adjacent to Mecca. In the middle of the large heavenly mosque, the Kaaba stands in the shape of the glorio black cube, the sacred sanctuary in Islam, surrounded by hoes with a mountains in the background. The lower register contains the sura of Al-Ḥajj (Arabic: الحج‎, "The Pilgrimage, The Hajj") which is the 22nd chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an with 78 verses (āyāt) All surrounded by a band of flower and classic foliage scrolls. Origin: Ottoman Period: 19th century Sizes: 172.00 cm x 67.72cm