Source: menafn.com

(MENAFN – Arab News) An exhibition of the Two Holy Mosques’ architecture and relics, in a museum nestled amid the hills of Makkah’s Umm Al-Joud area, not far from the Kiswa factory, has a treasure trove of items dating back hundreds of years.

The various items at the exhibition include: 
The door of the Holy Kaaba 1045H (1636) made in Sultan Murad Khan’s era;
A copper door of the Holy Mosque dating to the first Saudi era;
A wooden door of the Holy Mosque dating to the early 14th century;
A door of the Prophet’s Mosque from the reign of King Abdul Aziz;
A copper-plated leaf of a door from the pulpit of Sultan Sulaiman bin Salim Khan in the Holy Mosque, which he ordered made in 966H (1559);
A copper pillar, which used to be one of the pillars around the mataf, removed during the first Saudi era of the Holy Mosque;
A marble arch facade of one of the doors to the Holy Mosque 984H (1576);
Lock and key of the Holy Kaaba 1309H (1892) made during the reign of the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II;
The door of the Ottoman pulpit in the Prophet’s Mosque which was made at the order of Sultan Murad III in 998H (1590); and
An inscription on marble marking the date of the… continue reading at menafn.com