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In 1097 AH/1685-6, Ahmad Pasha, the Ottoman governor of [[Jeddah]] and Sheikh of the Haram, inaugurated a new staircase with a handrail for the Ka'ba on the 16th of Ramadan of the same year.<ref>sanjārī,"Manāʾiḥ al-karam",  vol. 5, p. 19.</ref>
In 1097 AH/1685-6, Ahmad Pasha, the Ottoman governor of [[Jeddah]] and Sheikh of the Haram, inaugurated a new staircase with a handrail for the Ka'ba on the 16th of Ramadan of the same year.<ref>sanjārī,"Manāʾiḥ al-karam",  vol. 5, p. 19.</ref>


==The donated staircases by the rulers of India==
===The donated staircases by the rulers of India===
"It has been reported that in the years 1116, 1240, and 1300 AH, new staircases were constructed and sent to the Kaaba by local Muslim rulers in India.<ref>Kurdī,''Al-Tārīkh al-qawīm li Makka wa bayt Allāh al-karīm'', vol. 4, p. 140-143.</ref>
"It has been reported that in the years 1116, 1240, and 1300 AH, new staircases were constructed and sent to the Kaaba by local Muslim rulers in India.<ref>Kurdī,''Al-Tārīkh al-qawīm li Makka wa bayt Allāh al-karīm'', vol. 4, p. 140-143.</ref>
==The Saudi era==
==The Saudi era==
In the year 1376 AH, by the order of King Saud bin Abdulaziz, a new 11-step wooden ladder adorned with silver coverings and golden Arabic engravings, made in Egypt, was unveiled.(29) Kurdī,''Al-Tārīkh al-qawīm li Makka wa bayt Allāh al-karīm'', vol. 4, p. 142-143.
In the year 1376 AH, by the order of King Saud bin Abdulaziz, a new 11-step wooden ladder adorned with silver coverings and golden Arabic engravings, made in Egypt, was unveiled.(29) Kurdī,''Al-Tārīkh al-qawīm li Makka wa bayt Allāh al-karīm'', vol. 4, p. 142-143.