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Kiswa (iou)



Kiswa noun. L16.
[Arab. = attire, apparel, curtaining.]
The black cloth covering the walls of the Kaaba, made annually in Egypt and brought to Mecca with the pilgrimage caravan, now usu. made of black brocade with the Islamic creed outlined in the weave and a gold-embroidered band bearing Koranic texts.