National Museum of Egyptian Civilization : Kaaba Key Bag

 

rectangular woven bag to save the Kaaba’s key. The bag is decorated with inscribed executed with gold and silver wires in a serma manner that reads (Glory be to our Master, the Sultan Al-Ghazi) (Abdul Majeed Khan may God have blessed his possession) (God commands you to pay the trusts to their people) The bag is made of green silk, embroidered with serma with gold and silver wires, and dates back to the Ottoman era, the reign of Sultan Abdul Majid Khan (1255 AH: 1277 AH), (1839 CE: 1861