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Image: One of the oldest depictions of the Kaaba, from 1307

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Description: Miniature illustration on vellum from the book Jami’ al-Tawarikh, by Rashid al-Din, published in Tabriz, Persia, 1307 A.D. It depicts Prophet Mohammed as he solves a dispute over lifting the black stone into position at the Kaaba. The legends tell how, when Mohammed was still a young man, the Kaaba was being rebuilt and a dispute arose between the various clans in Mecca over who had the right rededicate the black stone. Mohammed resolved the argument by placing the stone on a cloth and having members of each clan lift the cloth together, raising the black stone into place cooperatively.
Title: One of the oldest depictions of the Kaaba, from 1307
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Author: Taha b. Wasiq b. Hussain
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