This rectangular wooden box holds a Compass with Qibla indicator. The outside is decorated with painted, gilded decorations of abstract botanical forms. On the inside of the lid there is a wonderful colourful painting of an aerial view of Mecca with the Kaaba in the centre. The interior of the box contains the compass with a metal needle and a painting of the al-Masdjid al-Ḥaram mosque in Mecca. Surrounding the paintings there al more botanical features in the form of flowers and leaves.
The representation of the Kaaba is surrounded by thirty-two divisions of 11.25° containing the names of the quarter winds and half winds written in Ottoman Turkish. The position of the qibla indicated at the bottom. By connecting a string to the lid an indication of the direction of the qibla can be given.
Period: 19th-20th century
Dimensions: 27 by 18 cm
Condition: very good
Product Code: 15689
Wikipedia
The Qibla (Arabic: قِبْلَة; lit. 'direction') is the direction towards the Kaaba in the Sacred Mosque in Mecca, which is used by Muslims in various religious contexts, particularly the direction of prayer for the salah. In Islam, the Kaaba is believed to be a sacred site built by prophets Ibrahim and Ismail, and that its use as the qibla was ordained by Allah in several verses of the Quran revealed to Muhammad in the second Hijri year. Prior to this revelation, Muhammad and his followers in Medina faced Jerusalem for prayers. Most mosques contain a mihrab (a wall niche) that indicates the direction of the qibla.
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