(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The piece is 104x315 centimeters and adorned with golden arabesque patterns. It was donated to Iran by Saudi officials in 1985, IRNA reported.
Tehran’s Niavaran complex has exhibited the piece on the occasion of the martyrdom anniversary of the first Shia Imam, Imam Ali (PBUH), which falls on the 21st day of the holy month of Ramadan.
In the past the Kiswah was divided and distributed among the families known as the Ka'aba curtain holders. Later the Saudi Arabian government decided to follow the tradition and send the Kiswah to different Muslim countries as a gift.
Iran has received parts of the Kiswah on different occasions.
The National Museum of Iran also displayed a 17th-century piece of Kiswah in 2010, which was decorated with Qur'anic verses sewed into the black fabric in the form of Thuluth script and using gold and silver wires, and silk threads.
The piece weighed about a ton and was donated to Iran between 1966 and 1969.
Ka'aba, the most sacred Islamic site, attracts millions of Muslims to Mecca every year to perform the Hajj pilgrimage. All Muslims around the world face the Ka'aba during their daily prayers.
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