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:''(You might also be looking for the town [[Al-Kiswah]] in [[Syria]]'')
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[[File:Kaaba (1910)-2.jpg|thumb|The 1910 kiswa covering the [[Kaaba]] in [[Mecca]], [[Ottoman Empire]].]]
'''Kiswah''' ({{lang-ar|كسوة الكعبة}}, ''kiswat al-ka'bah'') is the cloth that covers the [[Kaaba]] in [[Mecca]], [[Saudi Arabia]]. It is draped annually on the 9th day of the month of [[Dhu al-Hijjah]], the day pilgrims leave for the plains of [[Mount Arafat]] during the [[Hajj]].<ref name="Qiswa">{{Cite web|url=http://www.aulia-e-hind.com/Qiswa.htm|title=Qiswa, Kiswah & Kaaba|website=www.aulia-e-hind.com|access-date=2016-07-18}}</ref> The term ''kiswah'' is Arabic for '[[wikt:pall|pall]]', the cloth draped over a casket, and is a cognate of the Hebrew word ''kisui''.
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