The Gutter of the Ka'ba: Difference between revisions

 
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* In 962 AH/1554-5, it was replaced with a gold gutter.
* In 962 AH/1554-5, it was replaced with a gold gutter.
* In 1021 AH/1612-3, Sultan Ahmed decorated it with gold and turquoise.
* In 1021 AH/1612-3, Sultan Ahmed decorated it with gold and turquoise.
* In 1273 AH/1856-7, Sultan Abdul Majid constructed a gutter made of pure gold. This gutter, which used approximately 50 pounds of gold, remained on the [[Ka'ba]] until the time of Mohammad Taher Kordi's lifetime.<ref>Kurdī, ''Al-Tārīkh al-qawīm li Makka wa bayt Allāh al-karīm'', vol. 4, p. 171.</ref>
* In 1273 AH/1856-7, Sultan Abdul Majid constructed a gutter made of pure gold. This gutter, which used approximately 50 pounds of gold, remained on the [[Ka'ba]] until the time of [[Mohammad Taher Kurdi]]'s lifetime.<ref>Kurdī, ''Al-Tārīkh al-qawīm li Makka wa bayt Allāh al-karīm'', vol. 4, p. 171.</ref>


==In narrations==
==In narrations==